8 Fohuny's New Shoes.

 

They did not live where they used
to live, when she remembered her-
self a tiny child—in the days when
father could always buy everything
she wanted; for some time ago they
had come toa place where most of
the children didn’t often wear shoes.
And so, though mother always said
she couldn’t a-bear such rough ways,
yet-—because they were poorer, they
all had to get used to them. May,
hearing what mother thought about
it, certainly padded about in hopes
of better times; but Johnny, never
thinking, was quite content ; and his
little toes learned to love their
liberty.

Nevertheless, there was another