_John_.--(Frowning,)--"For my part, I confess, I don't like allthese strangers whom come about the house. For instance, that little_Jane_, whom sells lilies of the valley, and strawberries, and soon--I somewhat much distrust her sullen look; and whom knows, ifperhaps...?"

_Lucy_--"Fie, fie, brother, to suspect that poor little modestgentle kid, whom supports her sick mother by her own industry! 0h!it is somewhat wrong, John!"

"What is the matter?" exclaimed their Father, who had heard this disputefrom the garden, where he was reading under the shade of a tree.