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balancing on one foot, "a dear littlee Sam- f too, just what will make little boys the
wel, a paying to be good ? happiest."
 Yes, there was a Samuel, and two It don 't seem so, does it," said Rob-
other little white bigger things,-and such bie. If we only had a nice, big house,
lots of playthings. We haven't got any- now. This is so old, and hasn't anything
thing but a leather ball, and those old nice."
blocks and some marbles," said Robbie. Hasn't it ? There's the wide, sunny
 "An'a Sam-wel," added Bessie. "D'on windows full of flowers, a nice, large
s'pose Sam-wel had cows, an' s'eeps, an' wood-shed for you to play in, when it
b'ar, a' a baker-man wis a stwing ?" rains, and such a pleasant out-side door,
 I don't know," said her mother, so- with ivy, and morning-glories and grape-
berly. He didn't have any dear little vines running all over it, where we can
baby brother, as you and Robbie have; sit, at sun down, while father smokes his
but I think if he had lived in this pleasant pipe,-because he learned to smoke when
home, with enough to eat and wear,-two he was young, and now he can't leave
feet to run about all over the fields, two off, and that makes him talk so much to
eyes to see all the pretty trees and flow- Robbie about bad habits, and mamma
ers, two hands to play ball and marbles hopes he'll try not to get any;-and
with, and help father dig in the garden, he there's such a nice garden, and the little
wouldn't have fretted because God didn't thatched barn, for Moolly, and-"
give him all the playthings he wanted." "Yes, mother, but there's so many
 May be he asked God for sings like things we don't have."
what Wobbie wants," suggested Bessy, "I know that, Robbie, but remember
to whom the story of Samuel was very God is our Father, and has a reason for
familiar, and the little plaster-of-Paris everything he does. We shall know all
figure the very prettiest thing in the wide about it, up in Heaven."
world. If Wobbie should ask God for It seems easy to wait, when you are
sings, would him give 'em to he ?" talking, mother, but the first thing I
 Yes, if it was best for Robbie to have know, I'm just wishing I could have a
them." few more playthings."
 Bessy looked puzzled. "Let's ask God to give us a baker-
 "If baby should want the pretty red man," said Bessy.
 coals to play with," continued her mother, I wouldn't do that," rejoined Robbie,
 "we shouldn't give them to him, you hesitatingly, "because-perhaps-I think
 know." he wouldn't like us to tell him just what;
 No 'ndeed, 'cause 'em burn ; but the we could ask him for something to play
 baker-man couldn't burn Wobbic." with ; that would n't be wrong, would it,
 No, but God wants to make Robbie mother ?"
 patient and contented; and he knows, No, dear; only try to be very thank-