Tom's going to a new school at Midsummer,--a deal of expense to me.

It's bad work for me, lying out o' my money." "I wish you'd be so good as let the children come and see their cousins some day.

My little uns want to see their cousin Maggie so as never was.

And me her godmother, and so fond of her; there's nobody 'ud make a bigger fuss with her, according to what they've got.

And I know she likes to come, for she's a loving child, and how quick and clever she is, to be sure!" If Mrs.Moss had been one of the most astute women in the world, instead of being one of the simplest, she could have thought of nothing more likely to propitiate her brother than this praise of Maggie.