Goody Two Shoes

IN the reign of good Queen Bess, there was an honest, industrious countryman named Meanwell, who, living under a hard landlord, was cruelly turned out of his little farm, which had enabled him to support a wife and two children, called Tommy and Margery. Care and misfortune soon shortened his days; and his wife, not lone after, followed him to the crave. At her death the two poor children were left in a sad plight, and had to make all sorts of shifts to keep themselves from starving. They were also without proper clothes to keep them warm;-and as for shoes, they had not even two pairs between them; Tommy, who had to go about more than his sister, had a pair to himself, but little Margery for a long time wore but one shoe. ...

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