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GOODY TWO SHOES.
In the reign of good Queen Bess, there was an honest, industriouscountryman named Meanwell, who, living under a hardlandlord, was cruelly turned out of his little farm, which had enabledhim to support a wife and two children, called Tommy and Margery.Care and misfortune soon shortened his days; and his wife,not long after, followed him to the grave. At her death the twopoor children were left in a sad plight, and had to make all sortsof shifts to keep themselves from starving. They were also withoutproper clothes to keep them warm; and as for shoes, they hadnot even two pairs between them: Tommy, who had to go aboutmore than his sister, had a pair to himself, but little Margery fora long time wore but one shoe.
But Heaven had heard their dying mother's prayers, andhad watched over and protected them. Relief was at hand, andbetter things were in store for them. It happened that Mr.Goodall, the clergyman of the parish, heard of their sad wanderingsort of life, and so he sent for the two children, and kindly offeredto shelter them until they could get regular work to do. Soonafter this, a gentleman came from London on a visit, and nosooner did he hear the story of the orphans, than he resolved tobe their friend. The very first thing he did was to order a pairof shoes to be made for Margery. And he offered to take Tommyto London, promising to put him in a way to do well by goingabroad.
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