GOODY TWO-SHOES. 109

pigeon was a very pretty fellow, and she called him Tom.
‘And as the raven Ralph was fond of the large letters, Tom, the
pigeon, took care of the small ones, of which he composed this
alphabet :-—

abedefghijkImnopqrstuvwxyz

Mrs. Williams, who kept a school for instructing folks in
the science of A, B,C, was at this time very old and infirm,
and wanted to decline this important trust. ‘This being told to
Sir William Dove, he desired Mrs. Williams to examine little
Two-Shoes. This was done, and Mrs. Williams made the
following report in her favour :—* That little Margery was the
Dest scholar, and had the best head and heart of any one she
had examined.” All the country had a great opinion of Mrs.
Williams ; and this character gave them also a great opinion of
Miss Margery, for so we must now call her. Miss Margery
thought this the happiest period of her life; but more happi-
ness was in store for her. God Almighty heaps up blessings
for all those who love him, and though for a time he may suffer
them to be poor and distressed, and hide his good purposes from
human sight, yet in the end they are generally crowned with
happiness here; and no one can doubt that they are so here-
after. No sooner was she settled, than she laid every possible
scheme to promote the welfare of her neighbours, and especially
of her little ones, in whom she took great delight ; and those
whose parents could not afford to pay, she taught for nothing
but the pleasure she had in their company, for they were very
good, or were soon made so by her good management.

We have already informed our readers that the school where
she taught was that which was before kept by Mrs. Williams.
The room was large; and, as she knew that nature intended
children should be always in action, she placed her different