Either give them to the lass yourself, or leave it to me purely.

She shall not have a sixpence, unless it is deserved." "Of course I leave it in your hands, wife.

I never come between you and your children.

But young folk go piping always after money now; and even our Mary might be turning sad without it." He hastened off again, without hearing any more; for he knew that some hours of strong labor were before him, and to meet them with a heavy heart would be almost a new thing for him.

Some time ago he had begun to hold the plough of heaviness, through the difficult looseness of Willie's staple, and the sudden maritime slope of Jack; yet he held on steadily through all this, with the strength of homely courage.