Public Opinion; till at last he grew as richas a Jew, and as fat as a farmer, and people thoughttwice before they meddled with him, but only once beforethey asked him to help them; for, because he earnedhis money well, he could afford to spend it well likewise. 278 THE WATER-BABIES CHAP. And his… … who go telling silly folk wnat will happen, instead oflooking to see what has happened already. Now, was not Mother Careys a wonderful story ?And, I nin happy to say, Tom believed it every word. For so it happened in Tom likewise. He was VII A FAIRY TALE FOR A LAND-BABY 279 very sorely tried ; for…
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