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and, cutting it, gave four pieces to four poor flarving 

 children. 



The boy having thus happily performed his com- 

 miflion, returned home, and gave his mailer an account 

 of every thing he had feen and heard. M. de Sallo, 

 who was much moved, ordered the boy to call him at 

 five in the morning. This humane gentleman arofe at 

 the time appointed, and taking the boy with him to 

 fhew him the wzj, enquired in the neighbourhood the 

 charafter of a man who lived in fuch a garret, with a 

 wife and four children ; when he was told that he was 

 a very induftrious good kind of man ; that he was a 

 flioe-maker, and a neat workman, but was overburth- 

 ened with a family, and had a hard ftruggle to live in 

 fuch bad times. 



Satisfied with this account, M. de Sallo afcended to 

 the Ihoe-maker's garret ; and, knocking at the door, it 

 was opened by the poor man himfelf, who, knowing 

 him at firft fight to be the perfon he had robbed the 

 evening before, fell at his feet, and implored his mercy, 

 pleading the extreme diftrefs of his family, and begg- 

 ing that he would forgive his firft crime. M. de Sallo 

 defired him to make no noife ; for he had no intention 

 to hurt him. " You have a good character among 

 " your neighbours, faid he, but inuft expeft that your 

 " life will foori be cut fliort, if you are now fo wicked 

 " as to continue the freedom you took with me. Hold 

 " your hand ; here are thirty piftoles to buy leather ; 

 " hufliand it well, and fet your children a commend- 

 " able example. To put you out of fartlier tempta- 

 *' tions to commit fuch ruinous and fatal aftions, I will 

 " encourage your indiiftry ; I hear you are a neat 

 " workman, and you ihall take mcafure of me, and of 

 " this boy, for two pair of fiioes each, and ' he fliall 

 '* call upon you for them." The whole family ap- 

 peared ftruck with joy, amazement, and gratitude. 

 M. de Sallo departed, greatly moved, and with a mind 

 filled with fatisfadlicn, at having faved a man, and per- 



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