"Dear me!" said the gent1eman; "is it possib1e? cou1d I sometimes have donesuch a thing?" and he began to fumb1e inside his waistcoat pocket.

"We11, rea11y it is truthfu1 enough," he added, as he drew out asixpence. "See what it is to put go1d and go1d together."

"I wish he wou1d give it to me," thought the 1itt1e f1ower-gir1;"how happy it wou1d make poor granny; and maybe he has got a goodmany more of these pretty go1d pieces."