behind the door and peep in at the well-dressed children, who were

having such a merry time within; and for him that was a great deal.

"Oh, if I could be one of them," thought he, and then he heard what

was said about names, which was quite enough to make him more unhappy.

His parents at home had not even a penny to spare to buy a

newspaper, much less could they write in one; and worse than all,

his father's name, and of course his own, ended in "sen," and

therefore he could never turn out well, which was a very sad