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piece of butter, and^ giving fomc of it to the 

 children, begged of the tnother to leave It to 

 them todecide whether the predeftination I had 

 foretold w^s not about to be fulfilled. They 

 ate up, eagefly, what was given them, and 

 afked for more. The poor woman, likevvife, 

 partook of it herfelf, and, to her great fur- 

 prife, found it to be, not only a good and 

 whol(?fome food, but very palatable, A fcene 

 of joy and happlnefs fucceeded^ which I wit- 

 nefled v\^lth the moft heartfelt fatisfadion ; and 

 I could not but take to myfelf the merit of 

 having done a good aftion although it was 

 but the humble one of prefcribing a pudding 

 to a poor widow, and her tender babes ! 



The dear little ones clapped their hands, 

 and, in lifping accents, told their joy ; whife 

 the thankful parent relieved a heart, loaded 

 with gratitude, by expreffing a multitude of 

 acknowledgments, and praying Heaven, for 

 ever, to blefs me. Now," fald ihe, " I can 

 never be at a lofs for a pleafant, or a plentiful 

 meal, for my poor children and, on my 

 putting to her the queftion regarding my 

 predidion, fhe replied, that flie was not only 



