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STUBBS'S CALENDAR;

or,

THE FATAL BOOTS.

CHAPTER I.

the birth of the heir.

Some poet has observed, that if any man would write down what has really happened to him in this mortal life, he would be sure to make a good book, though he never had met with a single adventure from his birth to his burial; how much more, then, must I, who have had adventures, most singular, pathetic, and unparalleled, be able to compile an instructive and entertaining volume for the use of the public.