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stout girl fell to work, and when the lower vallence was removed, it displayed a scene most extraordinary;-a hoard of the remains of the old shoes that had ever been worn by any mem- ber of the family; staves of broken tubs, ends of decayed ropes, and other articles all covered with blue mould and dust. Mrs Mason perceiving what unpleasant task she should be obliged to impose on her assistant, deemed herself in justice bound to recompense her for her trouble; and, holding out a half- crown piece, told her, that if she performed all she required of her, it should be her own. No sooner was Grizzy made certain of the reward, than she proceeded to wash the bed posts with soap and water. After which the chairs, the tables, the clock-case, the very walls of the room, as well as every thing it contained, all underwent a complete cleaning. The window, in which were nine tolerably large panes of glass, was no sooner rendered transparent, than Grizzy cried out in ecstacy. "that she cou'dna have thought it would have made sic a chauge. Dear me! how heartsome  it looks now, to what it us't!" said the girl, her spirit rising in proportion to the exertion of her activity "And in how short a time has it been cleaned?" said Mrs Mason. "Yet had it been regularly cleaned once a week, as it ought to have been,  it would have cost far less trouble. By the la-  bour of a minute or two, we may keep it con-  stantly bright; and surely few days pass in