r I have got my
lesson, and so has Sally Dawson, and so has Harry Wilson, and so have we
all"; and they capered about as if they were overjoyed to see her.

"Why, then," says she, "you are all very good, and God Almighty will
love you; so let us begin our lesson."

They all huddled round her, and though at the other place they were
employed about words and syllables, here we had people of much greater
understanding, who dealt only in sentences.

_The Lord have mercy upon me, and grant I may always be good, and say my
prayers, and love the Lord my God with all my heart, and with all my
soul, and with all my strength; and honor government and all good men in
authority._

Little Margery then set them to compose the following:

LESSON FOR THE CONDUCT OF LIFE

He that will thrive
Must rise by five.

He that hath thriv'n
May lie till seven.

Truth may be blamed,
But cannot be shamed.

Tell me with whom you go,
And I'll tell what you do.

A friend in your need
Is a friend indeed.

They ne'er can be wise
Who good counsel despise.

As we were returning home, we saw a gentleman, who was very ill, sitting
under a shady tree at the corner of his rookery. Though ill, he began to
joke with Little Margery, and said laughing, "So, Goody Two-Shoes! They
tell me you are a cunning little baggage; pray, can you tell me what I
shall do to get well?"

"Yes," said she, "go to bed when your rooks do and get up with them in
the morning; earn, as they do, every day what you eat, and eat and drink
no more than you earn, and you will get health and keep it."

The gentleman, laughing, gave Margery sixpence, and told her she was a
sensible hussy.

Mrs. Williams, who kept a college for instructing little gentlemen and
ladies in the science of A, B, C, was at this time very old and infirm,
and wanted to decline that important trust. This being told to Sir
William Dove, who lived in the parish, he sent for Mrs. Williams, and
desired she would examine Little Two-Shoes and see whether she was
qualified for the office.

This was done, and Mrs. Williams made the following report in her favor;
namely, that Little Margery was the best scholar, and had the best head
and the best heart of any one she had examined. All the country had a
great opinion of Mrs. Williams, and her words gave them also a great
opinion of Mrs. Margery, for so we m