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when he ought to be ftanding ftill and polite, and
kifs two or three of his fifters as they were wait- _
ing to dance in their turn, and tell them how nice
they looked! Or he would aétually run right
away from his place, to his Papa and Mamma ;—
jump on their knees, and hug them very hard,
and then run back again, perhaps, into the middle
of the dance, and put every thing into confufion.
But the happieft {cene of all was, when the Father
and Mother thanked God that night for the blefi-
ing that had returned to their little boy.

And do not afk me, I beg, if he ever was afraid
of being in the dark again. No, dear Readers,
his temporary misfortune had taught him the beft
of all leflons ;—A LIVING FAITH AND TRUST IN
THE PROTECTING OMNIPRESENCE OF Gop.