| Show 1rj I aulci 1 Websters d Improvidence n c S in t ll i0LiiSr occasion Mr Webster had IIit 1 th0ton4jfriend8 to Dinner As he IAIS 1l in the w f morning he requested itbo10 to Send John down to the office oclock to go to market with him John came down accordingly 111 Webster was busy John If he any wriring He asked the money John replied in negative I ster Then said Mr Web go down to 111 Burritt him and ask to lend Inc 5 Burritt was sta a tioner in the lower story John came buck and stated that MrBurritt had not j5 but sent him 10 which Webster took amid put in his waistcoat pocket Pretty SOon a poor woman came in on au alms asking errand Said Wcbster still writing I know all about it youe lost your husband and have five children and nothing to eat Take this and hc her the 10 note which John had borrowed gave from his 1fr Burritt By and by hc finished II work and remarked to his servant Now John well go to market Down they went through Court and Yashing ton streets and Dock square to the Quincy Market below I Faneuil Hall lfr Web stm bought of the butchers at the south end of the market what suited him but made no ppyments having accounts with them At last they reached a vegetable dealer of whom ebstm also made a purchase and was about to pass 011 as before when the faithful John arrested him with the remark lIr Vebster this man is a stranger to us we had dealings with him True neyer said he great lawyer l vciy true and put his hand in his m pocket for the money to pay thc amount Finding none he said to his sermut John I thought you < aye me some money just now So I that did sirSlidJohn hut YOU gave it to that poor woman who CaJ11e into P fT01111 camo the of flee VShI 1 said Webster so I did but I had forgotten all about it Well John you must borrow some money and come down and pay these People and now we will go homeBcll Perky Poore |
