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PRESENT TO MRS. FENTON. 6Y
and have been these three weeks. But pray
what do you ask for them ? "
" 0, nothing," said Henry, his eye brightening
to think how acceptable they must be to a poor
family that had been without them for three
weeks; for Henry was very fond of potatoes,
and seemed to suppose everybody else was.
" Nothing at all," he repeated. " I wish to
make you a present
of them."
Mrs. Fenton was not a person of many words,
but she was truly thankful, and she said so ;
and in the fullness
of her heart she let fall a few
words which showed her destitute and needy
condition :
" These potatoes come to us," said
she,
" in the right time. We have not a mouth
ful of food in the house, except a little salted
pork."