42 BRAVE HEARTS IN MAN AND WIFE. 



thinking tie might as well have given me 

 the place again as have taken on a stranger; 

 and I thought, too, he might as well have 

 let me earn the little things his lady often 

 sent to my wife, for they were very kind, 

 and gave us many little nice things for the 

 sick children we couldn't have bought. 



When I got in, I found the boy better, 

 and the young ladies and their governess had 

 been to the cottage, and somehow cheered 

 up my wife ; for when I told her I had an 

 empty pocket, she tried to cheer me up too, 

 and said, "Why, Gregory, never mind; if 

 'tis winter with us now, spring '11 come by 

 and by. You never knew the longest night 

 without a morning ; if we ' ve care now, com- 

 fort '11 come in time; so let's hope on." It 

 did me good to hear her; but afterwards I 

 laid it to her having had a present of a new 

 warm shawl and stout pair of shoes, which 

 the young ladies' governess had given her ; 

 and about her I'll have a word to say before 

 I've done, for I've learnt a little about other 

 people beside gardeners, though I've been 

 one all my life. 



Though I've told all my troubles, I 

 wouldn't have young gardeners think I was 



