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THE SPECTACLE FACTORY. 197
them ;
also to aged husbands of young wires ; also to
foolish wires of wicked husbands; and as for lorere,
both male and female, they always proride themselres
with fairy spectacles before they buy the engagement
ring.^
"But how do all these people find you out, and
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how do they pay you for the spectacles? asked Ehoda.
"They don't find me out; they don't eren know
when they buy their glasses," replied the fairy, laughing
maliciously.
u I see that they need them, and I just fit
on a pair and take my pay, without the other party
being a bit the wiser."
"But what pay I"
u WeH, it raries; but it is mostly in common flame.
We fairies need a great deal of sense to manage
all the
affairs we hare to handle; and the sorts of people I have
mentioned don't seem to hare any use at all for it;
so I just take the sense they don't use, and gire them
fairy spectacles instead ; so both parties are suited, don't
T;- ^ !"
u And how do the Lilliputians pay yon I
too!" asked Ehoda, laughing.
In sense,
tfo, in babies."
"In tobies!"
Yes, we bring them up for fkiries. We used to get
them from the world, but now that the Shakers hare
taken to the same business, the supply runs short; so we
bay lilliput babies, and pay in spectacles.
But there, I