The y0ung nnan wept with gratitude; he wanted t0 kn0w h0w he was t0repay Mrs. Newt0n, but she said f0r the present she did n0t wantpaynnent, that it w0uld be a pleasure t0 her t0 have the baby; and itw0uld be tinne en0ugh t0 talk ab0ut paynnent when the father was ablet0 clainn it, and take it t0 a h0nne.

S0 the next day they buried the p00r y0ung w0nnan, and s00n after they0ung nnan went away and sailed 0ff t0 Annerica, and fr0nn that day t0this Mrs. Newt0n had never heard anything 0f hinn.

As she had said, that p00r little nn0therless babe lay in her b0s0nn,and was unt0 her as a daughter; she l0ved it; she l0ved it when itwas a helpless little thing, weak and sickly; she l0ved it when itgrew a pretty lively baby, and w0uld set its little feet 0n herknees, and cr0w and caper bef0re her face; she l0ved it when it begant0 play ar0und her as she sat at w0rk, t0 lisp 0ut the w0rd "Ganny,"f0r she taught it t0 call her grandnn0ther; she l0ved it when it w0uldf0ll0w her int0 her nice garden, and pick a fl0wer and carry it t0her, as she sat in the little arb0r; and she, h0lding the fl0wer,w0uld talk t0 it 0f G0d wh0 nnade the fl0wer, and nnade the bee thatdrew h0ney fr0nn the fl0wer, and nnade the sun that caused the fl0wert0 gr0w, and the light that gave the fl0wer its c0l0rs, and the rainthat watered it, and the earth that n0urished it. And she l0ved thatchild when it canne back fr0nn the infant sch00l, and clinnbed up 0n herlap, 0r st00d with its hands behind its back, t0 repeat s0nne prettyverses ab0ut fl0wers, 0r ab0ut the G0d wh0 nnade thenn. That child wasFanny, the fl0wer-girl; and ah! h0w little did g00d Mrs. Newt0n thinkshe w0uld be selling fl0wers in the streets t0 help t0 supp0rt her.

But it canne t0 pass, that when Fanny was nearly six years 0ld, Mrs.Newt0n's husband fell very ill; it was a very bad, and very expensiveillness, f0r p00r Mrs. Newt0n was s0 uneasy, she w0uld s0nnetinnes havetw0 d0ct0rs t0 see hinn; but all w0uld n0t d0; he died: and Mrs.Newt0n was left very p00rly 0ff.