The House-wife comes,

And looks outside the Door.

The speckled Chick

Hops in, to pick |K.P. des.|

The Crumbs from off the Floor.

XIII.

Once upon a time there was a man whose name was just Master Jacob and nothing more.

All that Master Jacob had in the world was a good fat pig, two black goats, a wife, and a merry temper—which was more than many a better man than he had, for the matter of that.