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was pure gold, and, after a little haggling, gave her in exchange two heavy dollars down upon the table. All her ſorrow was now forgotten. The poor woman had never ſo abounded in ſterling coin in all her life. She ran to the bake-houſe, and bought puffs and cakes for the children, and a pig’s pudding, which ſhe put by to dreſs for Stephen, when he ſhould come hungry and tired off his journey in the evening. How did the children jump and cling to their joyful mother, as ſhe began to ſerve ſo uncommon a breakfaſt among them! She gave a free indulgence to the maternal pleaſure of feeding the hungry crew. Her next care was to remove the cattle (which ſhe ſuppoſed had been killed by a witch) with the intention of concealing this domeſtic calamity from her huſband as long as ſhe could. But how was ſhe aſtoniſhed, on looking accidentally into the feeding-trough, to ſee a whole heap of golden leaves glittering