o come."

"But uncle," said Charles, laying his hand on his uncle's arm, "I have
something to ask of you."

"Well, Charles, and what would you have of me?" said his uncle.

Then Charles led Giles to his uncle, and related all he had done for
him; how he had taken him to his own home, and given him half of his
food and his bed, and taught him to read and to work; he, likewise,
told his uncle how ill he had behaved to Giles in depriving him of his
pretty Snowball, and he said: "Dear uncle, will you allow Giles to
share my good fortune, for I cannot be happy while he is in want, and
he is better than me, for he returned good for evil."

Then his uncle said: "Charles, I should not have loved you had you
forgotten your kind friend." And he asked Giles if he would like to go
to his house and live with him, and spend his time in learning to read
and write, and in improving his mind, instead of hard labor.

"I should like it very much indeed, sir," said Giles, "but I cannot
accept your kind offer."

"And why not, my good little friend?"

"Because, sir," said Giles, bursting into tears, "my poor mother and
sisters must go to the workhouse or starve if I did not stay and work
for them, and I could not be happy if I lived in a fine house, and
knew they were in want of a bit of bread to eat."

"Then," said the gentleman smiling, "for your sake they shall never
want anything, for I will put them into a cottage of my own, and will
take care of them, and you shall live with me, and I will love you as
if you were my own child, and remember, Giles, I do this as a reward
for your kindness to Charles when he was unhappy and in great
distress."

Charles's uncle was as good as his word, and Giles received the
blessings of a good education, while his mother and sisters were
maintained by the benevolence of his benefactor.

Charles was so careful not to relapse into his former errors that he
became as remarkable for his gentleness and the goodness of his heart
as he had formerly been for his pride and unkindness, and in the
diligent performance of his duty, both to God and man, he proved to
his uncle the sincerity of his amendment.

TRIAL

_Of a Complaint made against Sundry Persons for Breaking in the
Windows of Dorothy Careful, Widow and Dealer in Gingerbread_

By JOHN AIKIN AND MRS. BARBAULD

The court being sat, there appeared in person the widow Dorothy
Careful to make a complaint against Henry Luckless, and oth