all the truth about his good fortune, and called
him Mr. Whittington.
Poor Dick was overwhelmed with his good luck,
and wanted the master to take half of it; but Mr.
Fitzwarren said: ‘No. It is all your own; but
what I will do is to advise you how to dispose
of it.’
Now Dick was so kind-hearted, that he made a
present of some of the gold to all his fellow-
Servants, and to the captain and sailors of the
ship. He did not even neglect the cross-grained
cook.
After this Mr. Fitzwarren sent for a tailor, and
had Dick dressed as a gentleman, and told him he
was welcome to live in his house till he could
provide himself with one of his own.
When Whittington’s face was washed, and his
hair curled, and he was dressed smart, then he
looked a very handsome fellow, and that Miss
Alice thought. She who had formerly looked on
him with compassion, now considered him fit to
be her companion, and soon afterwards her suitor;
the more so because Mr. Whittington was con-
sey making her the prettiest presents imagin-
able.
At the end of three years Mr. Fitzwarren, per-
ceiving the affection of Mr. Whittington and his
daughter for each other, consented to unite them
in marriage; and accordingly a day for the wed-
ding was soon fixed, and they were attended to
church by the lord mayor, the aldermen, the
sheriffs, and a great number of the wealthiest
merchants in London. There was a grand enter-
tainment afterwards, at which the poor were
feasted as wellastherich. |
History tells us that Whittington and his lady
lived in great splendour, and were very happy;
that they had several children; that he was sheriff
of London, and three times afterwards lord mayor;
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