94 THE SILVER LAKE STORIES.

“No one doubted that it was right
for a whole city to turn out on the Sab-
bath day, to look fora man and three
little children ; it was a work of mercy.”

By this time Mr. Playford returned.
He said he was very glad that he had
gone. He found old Mrs. Anderson
quite sick in bed, and the old man
helpless, as usual; he was wrapped in
his cloak, and shivering with the cold;
and there was not a spark of fire, and
they had had nothing to eat that day.

“And what did you do for them,
papa?” asked the children eagerly.

“Qh, in the first place, I shovelled
out paths, and brought them in some