to go to church, even if I could go so far--why should you go?"

"Well, mother," said I, rising up, "if you will not do it, I'm very
sorry; I would have paid you honestly, and have given you good bargains,
so good-by."

"Not so fast, Jack--sit down, sit down, boy--look about the shop and see
if you can find something that will suit you." Here Nanny communed with
herself aloud: "Thirty-three shillings! that's a great deal of
money--pay me honestly--and good bargains! His mother called me an old
cat the other day--I think they could be got cheaper, they always cheat
boys--she'd be vexed to see him dressed clean at church--honest boy, I
do believe--a boy that wants to go to church must be a good boy. Oh,
dear me, it is so much money!"

"I'll work day and night to pay you, Nanny."

"And mind, Jack, I'm to have good bargains, and this piece of rope for
nothing; something paid every week."

"If I can earn it, mother, as sure as I sit here."

"Well, the old cat will do more for you, Jack, than your mother would.
You shall have the money; but, Jack, I must bargain for the things."

"Thank you, Nanny, thank you!" replied I, jumping off my seat with
delight.

"Well, we can do nothing to-night, Jack. Come to me on Monday, and if I
don't change my mind--"