The gentleman who had given the money for Margery's new shoes and Tommy's new clothes wished to take Tommy with him to London to make a sailor of him.
When the time came for Tommy to go, both children began to cry. They kissed each other a hundred times. At last Tommy wiped away Margery's tears and said:
"Don't cry, little sister, for I will come home to you again and bring you beautiful clothes and much money."
That night Margery went to bed weeping for her dear little brother. It was the first time they had ever been parted.
The next morning the shoemaker came in with Margery's new shoes. She put them on in great glee and ran out to Mrs. Smith crying, "Two shoes, two shoes. See goody two shoes!" This she did to all the people she met, so that soon she was known far and wide as Goody Two Shoes.
LITTLE GOODY TWO SHOES—III
Dear little Margery saw how good and wise Mr. Smith was. She thought it was because he read so many books.
Soon Margery wished, above all things, to learn to read. She would borrow books from the school children and sit down and read and read. Very soon she could read better than any of her playmates.
Margery took such delight in her books that she wished everybody else could read, too, so she formed this plan of teaching very little children how to read.