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    midst of them . He drew a candle towards him , ( for no daylight penetrated here , ) took a book out of his pocket , and began to read * He had not to wait long . His presence was a restraint which the people round him were eager to get rid of . If his manner had been any thing but what it was , they would have turned him out ; as it was , they urged Ned to go with him and see what he wanted , and to come back as soon as he could .

    " Are you ready ,, my Jboy ? " said M ., when the cards were again thrown down : and the lad followed him passively , as he made his way to the door , taking not the slightest notice of the parties on either hand . * ' What do you want with me ? " said the boy . " You are not going to have me taken up ?"

    " No , " said , M ., ' * not till I see that you know what the law is , and that you break it wilfully . —I am come to take you home . There stands your father . He has been working laboriously all the week , and it is hard that his rest should be broken to-day by toiling and fretting after you . " " He lets nobody have any rest at home , " said Ned ; " nor my mother neither . He would flog me this minute if you were not here $ and he will

    as soon as your back is turned ; so I shall not go home . " " I am going with you , " said M . ; " and as for flogging you , it is not the time for it when you are doing what he wishes . And as for peace and comfort , there can be no comparison between dinner and a good fire above ground , and the cold and dirt of yonder cellar . Fire warms one better than spirits at any time /'

    By this time Ned saw with surprise the blaze of a good fire through the window of his home . His mother was tidily dressed ; Willy had his face washed and his hair smoothed , and the furniture was all in its place . In consequence of a sign from M ., both father and mother refrained from any notice of the boy's absence and return . They presently perceived that M . 's coat was wet with the heavy rain . He took it off , and gave it to Ned to

    dry , and calling little Willy to him , he asked him if any body ever told him tales to amuse him : and presently interested him in the story of Joseph . He was not a little glad to see that Ned nearly let the coat burn while the narrative went on , and to hear Harris observe to his wife that they had once had a picture of that story , if they could but find it up to shew the child .

    M . said that his children had pictures of it : and he told little Willy that if his brother would bring him to his house in the afternoon , they might look at them . He directed Ned how to find the way , and begged of him not to disappoint the child . Then seeing that the hungry boys were eyeing the boiling pot which contained their dinner , he rose to go . " It is not for us to ask whether you will take a bit with us , " said Harris . " Some day I will , " replied M ., ' « but now I have to go further ; and I must be at home when your boys come . "

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    The Enrlp Sowing . 739

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1831, page 739, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2603/page/15/