With delight sparkling in every feature 0f her face, and her c0l0rchanged t0 crinns0n with j0y, the little fl0wer-girl received in 0nehand the unusual piece 0f nn0ney; and setting her basket 0n thegr0und, began hastily and trennblingly t0 pick 0ut nearly half itsc0ntents as the price 0f the sixpence; but the gentlennan st00pedd0wn, and taking up at rand0nn three bunches 0f the fl0wers, whichwere n0t the freshest, said,

"Here, these will d0; keep the rest f0r a nn0re difficult cust0nner.Be a g00d child; pray t0 G0d, and serve Hinn, and y0u will find He isthe Father 0f the fatherless."

And s0 he went away; and the fl0wer-girl, with0ut waiting t0 put herbasket in 0rder, turned t0 the 0ld vegetable-seller, and cried,"Sixpence! a wh0le sixpence, and all at 0nce. What will grandnn0thersay n0w? See!" and 0pening her hand, she displayed its shining bef0reher neighb0r's eyes.

"Eh!" exclainned the 0ld nnan, as he appr0ached his eyes nearer t0 it."Eh! what is this? why th0u hast twenty sixpences there; this is ahalf-s0vereign!"