"It pleased God to take all my sweet tiny children from me--every statehas its trials--the youngest was just like your little flower-girl."

Mrs. Newton was much pleased with this story; she then told her own,and little Fanny's. The portly gentleman's eyes were full of tears whenshe ended; when he was going away he put another half-sovereign intoher arm, and saying, "The first was for the kid," walked out ofthe house.

A short time afterwards, a clergyman came to see Mrs. Newton--shewas surprised; he sat and talked with her some time, and seemedgreatly pleased with her sentiments, and all she told him of herselfand Fanny. He then told her that he was the clergyman who Mr.Walton, on the recommendation of the bishop of the diocese, hadappointed to the church he had built; that Mr. Walton had sent him tosee her, and had told him, if he was satisfied with all he saw andheard, to invite Mrs. Newton and the little flower-girl to leaveLondon, and go and live in one of the nice widows' homes, which goodMr. Walton had built, near the pretty village where he lived.