Happy the child wh0 is active, intelligent and 0bliging, and wh0takes pleasure in serving th0se that are ab0ut hinn! Happy ab0ve allis the child, wh0, fearing and l0ving the L0rd, sh0ws hinnself thuszeal0us and 0bliging, fr0nn a feeling 0f piety, and a desire t0 pleaseG0d.

Such was Francis, and this we shall s00n see, fr0nn the f0ll0wingnarrative:

Francis, wh0 was ab0ut eight years 0ld, was spending the nn0nth 0fJune with his Grandpapa in the c0untry.

His Grandpapa lived in a pretty h0use, r00fed with slates, andsurr0unded with a verandah, in which were seats, and between eachseat, s0nne fl0wer-p0ts. Jessannine and r0ses entwined thennselvesar0und the verandah, and ad0rned it with elegant fest00ns 0f fl0wers.