Leaving the "Stone Yard," to fulfil an engagement in another part of the town, we agreed to call upon three or four poor folk, who lived by the way; and I don't know that I could do better than say something about what I saw of them.

As we walked along, one of my companions told me of an incident which happened to one of the visitors in another ward, a few days before.

In the course of his round, this visitor called upon a certain destitute family which was under his care, and he found the husband sitting alone in the house, pale and silent.

His wife had been "brought to bed" two or three days before; and the visitor inquired how she was getting on.

"Hoo's very ill," said the husband.