The children in the wood- . •if When he had once brought his mind tomurder them, he had no difficulty in find-ing a way to execute his purpose: hehired two ruffians, who agreed, for a largereward, to commit the cruel deed. IN THE WOOD. 7 He told his wife it was his intention tosend them to London for their education,and said to the children—- Should younot like to see London; where you canbuy a fine wooden horse, and pretty dolls,and a nice gilded coach shall be got readyto take you there? They said— O yes, uncle, we will go!?—And in a few days they were put into acoach, attended by two butche
The children in the wood- . •if When he had once brought his mind tomurder them, he had no difficulty in find-ing a way to execute his purpose: hehired two ruffians, who agreed, for a largereward, to commit the cruel deed. IN THE WOOD. 7 He told his wife it was his intention tosend them to London for their education,and said to the children—- Should younot like to see London; where you canbuy a fine wooden horse, and pretty dolls,and a nice gilded coach shall be got readyto take you there? They said— O yes, uncle, we will go!?—And in a few days they were put into acoach, attended by two When they had arrived at a dark thickwood, the ruffians took them out of the .?IMMIIM 8 THE CHILDREN ; coach, desiring them to walk a little wayand gather flowers; and then began toconsult about what they had to do. I In good truth/ said one of them, Ihave no heart to do the bloody deed,since I have heard them prattle, let ussend them back to their uncle. cc That I will not consent to, said theother. Who will pay us for being sochicken-hearted ? At length the two ruffians fell into apassion about murdering the little creatures,and he who wished to spare their livessuddenly stabbed the other to the heart!
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