"Yeth," nodded Bumps; "and becauth we can't send it up to heaven, Miss Falkner thaid we could thpend it on good things for God down on the earth, and we would be very happy if you gave us your money for our bag, wouldn't we, Jack?"
Jack was not a good beggar. He got hot and red.
"We don't ask people for money," he said; "but if they like to give us their tenth we should be pleased."
"Jill asks," said Bumps. "She asks everybody!"
"Oh, dear!" said the old lady, "here she comes running back! I must go. There, my boy, there's a coin for your bag!"
She put a sovereign into Jack's hand.
"Is it your tenth?" he asked wonderingly; "what a lot of money you must have! Thank you very much!"
But the old lady was gone, and strangely enough the children never saw her again.
"Have you got any money from the donkey man?" asked Jack.