Mrs. Margery Two-Shoes.
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thrown from his Horſe, and thought paſt all Recovery; nay, the Meſſenger ſaid, that he was ſeemingly dying, when he came away. Poor Sally was greatly diſtreſſed, as indeed were all the School, for ſhe dearly loved her Father, and Mrs. Two-Shoes and all the Children dearly loved her. It is generally ſaid, that we never know the real Value of our Parents or Friends till we have loſt them; but poor Sally felt this by Affection, and her Miſtreſs knew it by Experience. All the School were in Tears, and the Meſſenger was obliged to return; but before he went, Mrs. Two-Shoes, unknown to the Children, ordered Tom Pidgeon to go home with the Man, and bring a Letter to inform her how Mr. Jones, did. They ſet out together,
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