up, and therefore not able to provide for itself. Whenever you want any thing, you can ask for it; but Cherry cannot make people understand his language.

39. If ever you let him suffer hunger or thirst again at these words Jessy shed a flood of tears. She renewed her promise to be faithful, and assured her papa, that he might rely upon her engagements.

40. And now Jessy was once more mistress of Cherry, and Cherry was once more reconciled to Jessy.

41. About a month after, Mr. Glover was obliged to go into the country a few days with his lady. Jessy, Jessy, said he, in parting with his daughter, I earnestly recommend poor Cherry to your care.

42. Her parents were scarcely got into the carriage, when Jessy ran to the cage, and carefully provided the bird with every thing necessary. In a few hours after, her time began to hang heavy. She sent for some of her little acquaintance, and soon recovered her cheerful

ness.

43. They went out to walk together, and at their return spent the evening in conversation and play. It was late when the little company broke up, and Jessy went to bed quite fatigued.

44. The next morning she awoke by break of day, and began to think of the amusements of the evening before. If the maid would have let her, she would have run as soon as she was up to see the Miss Marshals, but was obliged to wait till after dinner.

45. However, she had scarcely finished it, before she sat out upon her intended visit: and Cherry! he was obliged to stay at home and fast. The following day was also spent in amusements: and Cherry! who could think of him, in the midst of such diversions?

46. The fourth day, Mr. and Mrs. Glover returned from the country. Jessy had thought very little about their return. Her father had scarce kissed her, and enquired after her health, before he asked, How is Cherry?

47. Very well, cried Jessy, a little confused; and ran towards the cage to carry him some water. Alas! the poor little creature was no more. He was laid upon his back, with his wings spread, and bill open.

48. Jessy screamed out, and wrung her hands. Every one in the house ran up and was eye witness to the disaster.

49. Ah! poor bird! cried Mr. Glover, how painful has thy death been! If I had wrung thy head off, the day that I went to the country, thou wouldst have been in pain but a moment, whereas now thou hast endured for several days, the pangs of hunger and thirst, and died in a long and cruel agony.

50. However, thou art still happy, in being delivered from the hands of so pitiless a guardian. Jessy would have hid herself in the bowels of the earth.

51. She would have given all her play-things, and all her pocket-money to purchase the life of Cherry; but it was then too late.

52. Mr. Glover took the bird, and had the skin

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stuffed, and hung up in the room. Jessy did not dare to look at it. Her eyes were filled with tears, whenever she chanced to perceive it, and every day she entreated her father to remove it from her sight.

53. Mr. Glover did not consent, till after many supplications on her part: and whenever Jessy showed any mark of inattention or giddiness, the bird was hung up again in its place, and every body would say in her hearing, Poor Cherry! what a cruel death you suffered.

An account of the surprising deliverance of Mr. JOHN ROGERS, minister at Croglin, in Cumberland, England; and the case of his deliverer: taken from a letter written by a dissenting minister in Essex, to a merchant in Edinburgh, dated October 12, 1767.

1. The late Mr. Thomas Bradbury happened to dine one day at the house of Mrs. Tooly, an eminent Christian lady in London, who was famous in her day for religion, and for the love she bore to Christ, and to all his servants and - people.

2. Her house and table were open to them all being another Lydia in that respect. Mr. Timo thy Rogers, son of the late Mr. John Roger above mentioned, happened to dine there on the same day with Mr. Bradbury; and after dinne he entertained Mrs. Tooly and him with som stories concerning his father, and the suffering he underwent on account of his nonconformity

he being one of the ejected ministers, in the year 1662.

3. Mr. Rogers particularly related one anecdote, which he had often heard his father tell to himself and others, with a great deal of pleasure, concerning a deliverance which he had from being sent to prison after his mittimus, as they call it, was written out for that purpose.

4. He happened to live near the house of one Sir Richard Cradock, a justice of the peace, who was a most violent hater and persecutor of the dissenters, and one who laid out himself to distress them, by all the means in his power, particularly by enforcing the law against Conventicles or private religious meetings.

5. He bore a particular hatred to Mr. Rogers, and wanted, above all things, to have him in his power; and a fair opportunity, as he thought, of fered itself to him. He heard that Mr. Rogers was to preach at a place, some miles distant, and he hired two men to go as spies, who were to take down the names of all the hearers they knew, and to witness against Mr. Rogers and them.

6. The thing succeeded to his wish. They brought the names of several persons, who were hearers on that occasion; and Sir Richard sent and warned such of them as he had a particular spite at, and Mr. Rogers, to appear before him. Accordingly they all came, with trembling hearts, expecting the worst; for they knew the violence of the man.

7. While they were in his great hall, expecting to be called upon, there happened to

come into the hall a little girl, a grand-child of Sir Richard's, about six or seven years of age. She looked at Mr. Rogers, and was much taken with his venerable appearance; and he being naturally fond of children, got her on his knee, and made a great deal of her, and she was fond of him.

8. At last, Sir Richard sent one of his servants to inform the company that one of the witnesses was fallen sick, and could not be present that day; and therefore warned them anew to come on another day which he named to them. Accordingly they came, and the crime, as the justice called it, being proved, he ordered their mittimus to be written to send them all to gaol.

9. Mr. Rogers before he came, expecting to see the little girl again, had brought some sweetmeats to give her; and he was not disappointed: for she came running to him, and was fonder of him than she was before.

10. She was, it seems, a particular favourite of her grandfather, and had gotten such an ascendancy over him, that he could deny her nothing. She was, withal a child of a violent spirit, and could bear no contradiction, as she was indulged in every thing.

11. Once it seems, when she was contradicted in something, she run a pen-knife into her arm, which had near cost her either her life, or the loss of her arm. After which, Sir Richard would not suffer her to be contradicted in any thing.

12. While she was sitting on Mr. Rogers's