ust now call her.

No sooner was Mrs. Margery settled in this office than she laid every
possible scheme to promote the welfare and happiness of all her
neighbors, and especially of the little ones, in whom she took great
delight; and all those whose parents could not afford to pay for their
education, she taught for nothing but the pleasure she had in their
company; for you are to observe that they were very good, or were soon
made so by her good management.

The school where she taught was that which was before kept by Mrs.
Williams. The room was large, and as she knew that nature intended
children should be always in action, she placed her different letters,
or alphabets, all round the school, so that every one was obliged to get
up to fetch a letter or spell a word when it came to his turn; which not
only kept them in health but fixed the letters and points firmly in
their minds.

She had the following assistants to help her, and I will tell you how
she came by them. One day as she was going through the next village she
met with some wicked boys who had got a young raven, which they were
going to throw at; she wanted to get the poor creature out of their
cruel hands, and therefore gave them a penny for him, and brought him
home. She called his name Ralph, and a fine bird he was.

Some days after she had met with the raven, as she was walking in the
fields she saw some naughty boys who had taken a pigeon and tied a
string to its leg, in order to let it fly and draw it back again when
they pleased; and by this means they tortured the poor animal with the
hopes of liberty and repeated disappointment. This pigeon she also
bought. He was a very pretty fellow, and she called him Tom.

Some time after this a poor lamb had lost its dam, and the farmer being
about to kill it, she bought it of him and brought it home with her to
play with the children and teach them when to go to bed: for it was a
rule with the wise men of that age (and a very good one, let me tell
you) to

_Rise with the lark and lie down with the lamb._

This lamb she called Will, and a pretty fellow he was.

Soon after this a present was made to Mrs. Margery of a little dog,
Jumper, and a pretty dog he was. Jumper, Jumper, Jumper! He was always
in good humor and playing and jumping about, and therefore he was called
Jumper. The place assigned for Jumper was that of keeping the door, so
that he may be called the porter of the college, for he would