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awoke early the next morning and missed his wife from his side. He supposed she had gone to the neighbors to see if she could borrow some bread. The children still slept.

Getting up and dressing himself, Simeon went to look for the stranger he had brought home the previous day. He found him seated on the bench, attired in the clothes which the shoemaker's wife had given him. His eyes were turned heavenward, and the expression of his face was much brighter than Simeon had yet seen it.

Addressing him, the shoemaker said: "Well, my dear friend, the body needs food and raiment. You will have to do something to