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 was pure gold, and, after a little haggling, gave her in exchange two heavy dollars down upon the table. All her orrow was now forgotten. The poor woman had never o abounded in terling coin in all her life. She ran to the bake-houe, and bought puffs and cakes for the children, and a pig’s pudding, which he put by to dres for Stephen, when he hould come hungry and tired off his journey in the evening. How did the children jump and cling to their joyful mother, as he began to erve o uncommon a breakfat among them! She gave a free indulgence to the maternal pleaure of feeding the hungry crew. Her next care was to remove the cattle (which he uppoed had been killed by a witch) with the intention of concealing this dometic calamity from her huband as long as he could. But how was he atonihed, on looking accidentally into the feeding-trough, to ee a whole heap of golden leaves glittering Rh