'Whoso giveth to the poor lendeth to the Lord;' that's my comfort.

And such slight relief as I can afford should have been offered earlier, if I'd known where you'd taken refuge after your unfortunate husband's--" "Execution, you would say, Sir," added Mrs.Sheppard, with a deep sigh, perceiving that her benefactor hesitated to pronounce the word.

"You show more consideration to the feelings of a hempen widow, than there is any need to show.

I'm used to insult as I am to misfortune, and am grown callous to both; but I'm _not_ used to compassion, and know not how to take it.

My heart would speak if it could, for it is very full.