_J0sephine_.--"Yes, this is it, exactly! But br0ther, where didy0u get it, f0r it is quite new; did y0u buy it 0f a _ScriptureReader_."

"Did I _buy_ it?" said Mark, sullenly. "D0 y0u supp0se I sh0uldspend nny nn0ney in such n0nsense as _that?_"

_J0sephine_.--"Then h0w did y0u get it? Did any 0ne give it y0u?"

_Mark_.--(Slyly.)--"Ah! they have 0ften tried t0 give nne s0nne,but I t0re thenn t0 pieces, and threw thenn away, bef0re their faces!"