b4 DIGGING A GRAVE

feet; you must have had a long wait at the
lady’s, or a long walk after.”
““ Long enough, both, dear ; we'll talk of that.
presently ; but if ever you let pass your lips
, what you come to the knowledge of this day;

the back ss my hand to you, Mary, for ever

~~ more.’

“¢ Never fear, Peggy; you don’t think ra
give the wind of the word to such as that;
sure I blushed all over with shame to see a.
born lady forget what she owed herself.”

“ Mary, you little know what I’ve gone -
through this blessed day,’ said Peggy, with a
long drawn sigh; “lay by the things, dear,
take off your thimble ; and — ay, that will.
do; sit down just there.” v |

And Peggy .told her the tragedy of poor
‘Nelly’s death ; winding up with her ob-
— servation,— —

“And that wretched mother, the wife of

Livermore, whom I remember such a little