thout murmuring; and
thus it came that by his own efforts he made money, and earned the love
and respect of all in the forest. He never spoke another harsh word to
his wife Elspeth, he honoured his mother, and relieved all the poor who
knocked at his door.

One year after, when his wife bore him a beautiful boy, Peter set out
for the Pine-grove and repeated the old rhyme. But no Glassmanikin
showed himself.

"Master Guardian!" he shouted. "Do listen to me! I don't want anything,
but have come to ask you to be godfather to my little son."

But there was no answer; nothing but a light breath of wind which
rustled through the pines, causing a few pinecones to fall at his feet.

"Well, I will take these with me in remembrance, as you will not show
yourself," cried Peter, putting the cones in his pocket, and turning
homewards. But when he took off his jerkin, and his mother turned the
pockets inside out before putting the jerkin away, there fell on the
floor four bulky packets of money, which, when opened, were seen to
contain nothing but bright new Baden thalers, with not a single bad one
among them. And this was the manikin's present, as sponsor, to his
little godchild, Peterkin.

Thus they lived on in peace and contentment, and Peter would often say
then, and in after years when a grey-haired old man: "It is better to be
content with a little, than to be possessed of wealth and _a cold
heart_!"

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