53 GOOD BITTLB ROBIN. 29 The astonishment, produced by the reception of this letter, in die,family, of farmer T nt- tle, can easily be conceived. The course to be pursued became a subject for serious reflection with the farmer, who seldom had occasion to repent, y his, leisure, of follies committed in haste. It scarcely need be stated, that Robert and his ^mother were strongly in favor of receiving Richard Wild, as one of the family. The next day farmer Little set forth for the city, to form an opinion for himself, after setiKg the boyand conversing with the directors. In two days he returned, with Richard Wild at his side, now no longer little Dick, but a tall stout boy,' with an agreeable but rather sober expression of face. It was an interesting sight to witness tlie affectionate meeting between Richard Wild and Robert Little. The farmer admitted to his family, that he could scarcely have believed it possible, that so great a change could have been wrought in any boy, as appeared to have been produced in Richard, during his residence at the House of Reformation ; and he expressed 3*
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