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to throw away, npon others, the means that w£renecef- 

 fary for the iubfiftence of their families ; nor was he,' 

 when heated in the conteft, and chagrined at times 

 from the want of money, at all fci'upulous, in expref- 

 fing, without referve, the opinion he entertained of this 

 fuppofed faint. The wife, who was of a warm difpo- 

 fition, though not deftitute of fenfe at bottom, was 

 much irritated at tliefe rcflcclions, and thinking they 

 proceeded entirely from the worldly mindednefs of her 

 hufband, felt a ftrong inclination to indulge her own 

 propenfity to benevolence by every means that fhould 

 fall in her way. To get money from her hufband 

 avowedly for this purpofe, fhe knew was impofiible ; 

 but (lie refolved to take it whenflie could find an oppor- 

 tunity for that purpofe. While fhe was in this frame of 

 mind, her hufband, one morning while he was writing 

 at his deik, was fuddenly called away, and, intending 

 to return direftly, he did not clofe his deflc His 

 wife thought this too favourable an opportunity to be 

 miffed ; and opening the ihuttle where flie knew tlie 

 money was kept, Hie found about 25 guineas, which 

 the hufband had provided to pay for fome barley he 

 had lately bought. From this flie took out ten pieces, 

 and left every thing elfe as before ; nor did the hufband, 

 on his return, take any notice of it. 



She was now very anxious to get this money pro- 

 perly difpofed of J and with that view drefTed herfelf in 

 great hafte ; and having wrapped the pieces in a bit of 

 paper, flie took them in her hand to go out ; but as fhe 

 pefl'ed a mirror, fhe obferved fomething about her head- 

 drefs that required to be adjufled, and putting the mo- 

 ney on a bureau beneath the mirror, flie fpent a little 

 time in making the necefTary adjuflments ; and recol- 

 lefling fhe had omitted to give fome direftions before 

 flie went out, fhe ftepped haftily into the kitchen for 

 that purpofe, without taking up the money. Jufl at 

 this nick of time, the hufband came into the room, and 

 feeing fomething on the top of the bureau, he took it 



