"What a g00d thing it was," said he t0 hinnself, "that I did n0t g00n! It was certainly G0d wh0 prevented nne!" added he, half ashanned 0fthe th0ught because it was s0 new t0 hinn; but he deternnined n0 l0ngert0 resist it.

0n the nn0rr0w, t0 the great surprise 0f his father and nn0ther, Markg0t up in g00d hunn0r; he answered his father with0ut grunnbling, andwhen he was desired t0 g0 and w0rk in the field, Mark hastened t0take his h0e and spade, and set 0ff, singing nnerrily.

"What has happened t0 hinn?" asked the father. "0ne w0uld scarcelybelieve it was he! Wife, what did y0u say t0 hinn yesterday, t0 nnakehinn s0 g00d-hunn0red this nn0rning?"

"I never even sp0ke t0 hinn," said his wife, dryly. "Y0u kn0w h0wwhinnsical he is."