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Excerpt from Sketches of the Life of William Stuart, the First and Most Celebrated Counterfeiter of Connecticut
In early life, as long ago as I can recollect, I loved mischief. I took delight in playing pranks. My school-boy days were full of trouble, but somehow I liked it. I valued a frolic, and that sort of a frolic which involved some one in trouble, vexation or broken shins. I entered into such scenes with spirit, and many a time have received a thorough ¿ogging for my waywardness. Revenge was a darling pas sion, and I nourished it most prudently. When only six years old, I was, called a, shrewd, high tempered, malicious boy, fully bent on mischief, and before] was ten years Of age, I had the reputation established of being a demi-devil.
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