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 leat harm; but give me the qualler, I have taken a fancy to the brat. I will upport him like a lord; he hall be cloathed in ilk and attin; I will bring him up to be a fine fellow, and he hall be able to ait his father and brothers hereafter—Ak me five pounds for him, and thou halt be paid the money.’

‘Ha! o the child pleaes thee, does he? Aye, truly he is a cherub of a child; I would not ell this boy for all the money upon earth.’

‘Fool! hat thou not three children beides? Are they not enough to load and plague thee? Thou mut labour hard to maintain them, and I ee they will not uffer thee to ret by day or by night.’

‘This is very true—but I am their mother—I mut do my duty by them. Children bring orrow and trouble, but they bring much comfort alo.’

‘Comfort indeed! to load thyelf with the bundles every day—to waddle ‘them,