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population. Man may supply the money, which cor- 

 responds only to barren faith among the virtues ; it is 

 to woman we must look for the harvest — good works. 



When we remounted the coach, one regret found 

 loud expression, and as the Scribe writes to-day, he 

 wishes the omission could be remedied. Why did not 

 we give these children a shilling each, with strict injunc- 

 tions to gorge themselves with taffy and gingerbread, 

 not a penny of it to be saved. A regular spree regard- 

 less of consequences ! " Oh ! it would have made them 

 ill," said one. Well, suppose it did, just think of the 

 legacy left them, a dream for years that they had been 

 brought to death's door by too much taffy ! Why, 

 the sweet taste would have lingered in the pretty 

 little mouths till womanhood, and they would have 

 thought about their illness as Conn in the Shaughraun 

 did about his month in jail for taking the squire's 

 horse for a run with the hounds : " Begorra ! it was 

 worth it ! " 



It might have given them a taste for dissipation, and 

 they would have ceased to gather stamps, and turned 

 out badly, was the next suggestion. This was seem- 

 ingly agreed to by the majority, but there was one who 

 wished he had secretly conveyed to the cherubs, at least 

 a six-pence each to be entirely devoted to gormandizing. 

 " Take care of your pence and the pounds will take care 

 of themselves," the Queen Dowager remarked, is one 

 of Ben Franklin's wisest proverbs. There was one at 



