GOODY TWO-SHOES. 105

for him. After some days the gentleman went to London, and
took little Tommy with him, of whom you will know more
hereafter, for we shall, at a proper time, present you with
some part of his adventures. ‘I'he parting between these two
little children ery affecting ; Tommy cried, and Margery
cried, and th
last Tommy wiped off her tears with the end of his jacket, and
bade her cry no more, for that he would come to her again when
he returned from sea. When night came, little Margery grew
very uneasy about her brother, and after sitting up as late as
Mr. Smith would let her, she went crying to bed. Little
y got up in the morning very early, and ran all round
ge erying for her brother, and after some time returned
greatly dist ; howe: at this instant, the shoemaker
came in with the new shovs, for which she had been measured
by the gentleman's order.

Nothing could have supported little Margery under the
afflictions she was in but
the pleasure she took in
her new shoes; she ran
out to Mrs. Smith as soon
as they were put on, and,
stroking down her fro
cried out, “Two shoes,
madam ! see, Two shoes!" $
and so she behaved to all
the people she met, and
by that means she ob-
tained the name of Goody
‘Two-Shoes; though her
playmates called her old
Goody Two-Shoes. Mr. and Mrs. Smith would have been.