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 ooth, never fail to return mighty thanks for their parents care and trouble! Thy boys will queeze the lat farthing out of thy pocket, when the emperor prees them for oldiers, and ends them far away beyond Hungary, to be laughtered by the Turks.’

‘That gives me mall concern: if they are killed they will die in the ervice of their king and country; but they may bring home prize-money, and comfort their aged parents.’

The pirit now renewed his propoals for the boy; but the mother didained to return him any anwer; he raked up the leaves, and tuffed them into the baket, on the top of which he tied the little qualler fat by his leading-trings; and Number-Nip turned away, as if he was departing about his buines; but the woman, finding the burden too heavy to lift, called him back; ‘I called you once,’ aid he, ‘and you came; be o good as come again, and help me up with this ‘load;