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The Vicar of Wakefield. 16$:
„ are," cried they together, while the dames
were jud catching the bed where they lay. I
caught them both in my arms, and snatched
them through the lire as fall as podible, while
jud as Iwasgotout,.theroofsunkin. „Now,"
cried I, holding up my children, „now let
,, the dames burn on, and all my podedions
„ perilh. Here they are, I have laved my trea-
„ lure. Here, mydearelt, here are our trea-
,, sures, and we brail yet b$ happy." We
hided our little darlings a thouiand times,
they clasped us round the neck, and leemed
to lhare our tranlports, while their mother
laughed and wept by turns.
I nowdood a calm Ipeclator of the dames,
and alter dome time, began to perceive that my
arm to the droulder was Icorched in a terrible
manner. It was therefore out of my power to
give my son any abidance, either in attemp-
ting to lave our goods, or preventing the da-
mes Ipreading to our corn. By this time, the
neighbours were alarmed, and came running
to our abidance; bmali they could do, was to
Hand, like us, Ipeclatorsofthecalamity. My
goods , among which were the notes 1 hadre-
ierved for my daughters fortunes, were enti-
rely conlumed, except a box, with dome pa-
pers, thatdoodin the kitchen, and two or
three things more oflittleconlequence, which
my son brought away in the beginning. The
neighbours contributed however, what they
could to lighten our didrels. They brought
us deaths, and furnilhed one of our out-hou-
les with kitchen utendis; do that by day-light
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„ are," cried they together, while the dames
were jud catching the bed where they lay. I
caught them both in my arms, and snatched
them through the lire as fall as podible, while
jud as Iwasgotout,.theroofsunkin. „Now,"
cried I, holding up my children, „now let
,, the dames burn on, and all my podedions
„ perilh. Here they are, I have laved my trea-
„ lure. Here, mydearelt, here are our trea-
,, sures, and we brail yet b$ happy." We
hided our little darlings a thouiand times,
they clasped us round the neck, and leemed
to lhare our tranlports, while their mother
laughed and wept by turns.
I nowdood a calm Ipeclator of the dames,
and alter dome time, began to perceive that my
arm to the droulder was Icorched in a terrible
manner. It was therefore out of my power to
give my son any abidance, either in attemp-
ting to lave our goods, or preventing the da-
mes Ipreading to our corn. By this time, the
neighbours were alarmed, and came running
to our abidance; bmali they could do, was to
Hand, like us, Ipeclatorsofthecalamity. My
goods , among which were the notes 1 hadre-
ierved for my daughters fortunes, were enti-
rely conlumed, except a box, with dome pa-
pers, thatdoodin the kitchen, and two or
three things more oflittleconlequence, which
my son brought away in the beginning. The
neighbours contributed however, what they
could to lighten our didrels. They brought
us deaths, and furnilhed one of our out-hou-
les with kitchen utendis; do that by day-light
L 3 "-c