MATTHEW ASHBY was to be seen early and late,all through the autumn and winter days, with his can of hot potatoes for sale, and had grown old in his trade. He was civil and sober, and had his regular customers, chiefly among the boys, who are always to be found near the great railway stations. But old Matthew had overtaxed his strength, when one cold morning he set out, feeling weak, for his accustomed place. When he got there he could only sit down on a chair, too feeble to stand. Soon two kind-hearted boys came to see what was the matter; and they got him a cup of hot coffee, which did him a little good ; and then finding he lived not far off, they took him home and left him under the care of his daughter, who promised to send for a doctor if her father got no better.
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