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 Thank you neighbour, ſaid Thomas, the thought of being able to earn money makes me very happy; not ſo much for my own ſake, but from the hope that my poor dear mother will die contented. I beg you will tell your huſband that Robert and I will both work with all diligence to make reſtitution for what has been taken from him.

Do not trouble yourſelf about it, ſaid the good woman, I truſt we ſhall make ſhift without it; but ſince your poor mother is ſo bad, I will go and ſee if I can be of any ſervice to her; perhaps the may like a roaſted apple; I will carry one or two for her. When Mrs. Parker had filled her pocket, ſhe went with Thomas and Robert, who were impatient to return.

As ſoon as the good old woman perceived her neighbour enter, One lifted up her languid head, and ſaid, O Mrs. Parker forgive us, I beg of you, this is the firſt time that any one belonging to me was guilty of a diſhoneſt action. Mention it not, faid Mrs. Parker, it was no more than a child's trick.

Ah! replied Suſan, Robert is a child now, but ſhould he continue theſe practices, what will he be when he is grown a man. The worſt of rogues begin at firſt with little theſts. I hope, replied Mrs. Parker, Robert will ſtop here, and be for the future an honeſt boy. I am ſure, dear Suſan, you, for your part, have reaſon to expect from