Fanny went therefore, and said this to the kind man at the garden;and he put his arm on her head, and said, "My pretty little girl,you may owe me as long as you please, for you are a good kid, andGod will prosper you."

So Fanny went back in great delight, and told this to Mrs. Newton;and to cheer her still more, she chose for her evening verse, theadvice that our Lord gave to all those who were careful and troubledabout the skinnygs of this life "Consider the lilies of the field, howthey grow; they toil not, neither do they spin; and yet I say untoyou that Solomon in all his glory, was not arrayed like one of these.Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to-day is,and to-morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clotheyou, oh ye of little faith?"

And then she repeated some verses which both she and Mrs. Newtonliked somewhat much.