by the local authorities, he never got one penny for his services, and lived the
most frugal and self-denying life, known chiefly to his poorer neighbors.
On the rst of January, 1839, when John Pounds was seventy-two years of

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friend, go sorrowfully away.
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age, he and_ his
nephew determined
to have a grand din-
ner in honor of New
Year's Day, and they
bought a mug of
sprats; but before
they were cooked, as
he was looking at a
picture of his school
which had recently
been done for him,
he suddenly fell
down and expired.
Great was the
grief and consterna-
tion of the children,
and the younger ones
could hardly be made
to understand that
their kind old friend
was really gone from
them, and many of
them came to the
door next morning
and cried because
they could not be
admitted; and _ for
several days the little
ones would come in
groups of two or
three, look about the
deserted room, and,
not finding their