Uncle Jonas exclaimed;
"Some harm has waylaid them;
Or they're to be blamed.
For I hoped ere this time to have given away
This good dame, who I fear on my hands still must stay.
I bestowed her before, but just like a bad penny
She returns to my pocket, though welcome as any.
For of her and the children it must be allowed
I with justice have reason to be truly proud."
"We had better begin,