The children were clean, it is true, but their clothes were threadbare and shabby; no tenant had been procured for the upper part of the house, from the letting of which, a portion of the means of paying the rent was to have been derived, and a slow, wasting consumption prevented the eldest girl from continuing her exertions.

Quarter-day arrived.

The landlord had suffered from the extravagance of his last tenant, and he had no compassion for the struggles of his successor; he put in an execution.
As we passed one morning, the broker's men were removing the little furniture there was in the house, and a newly-posted bill informed us it was again 'To Let.' What became of the last tenant we never could learn; we believe the girl is past all suffering, and beyond all sorrow.

God help her! We hope she is.
We were somewhat curious to ascertain what would be the next stage--for that the place had no chance of succeeding now, was perfectly clear.

The bill was soon taken down, and some alterations were being made in the interior of the shop.