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objects of my inquiries--of which they said they had heard all
about--viz., to get all the Gipsy tents, vans, and other movable
habitations in the country registered and under proper sanitary
arrangements, and the children compelled to attend school wherever they
may be temporarily located, and to receive an education which will in
some degree help to get these poor unfortunate people out of the
heartrending and desponding condition into which they have been allowed
to sink. Although Mrs. Lee was ill and poor, her face beamed with
gladness to find that I was trying in my humble way to do the Gipsy
children good; and in a kind of maternal feeling she said she should be
pleased to show her deep interest in my work, and asked me if I would
accept all the money she had in the world, viz., one penny and two
farthings? With much persuasion and hesitation, and under fear of
offending her, I accepted them, which I purpose keeping as a token of a
woman's desire to do something towards improving her 'kith and kin.' She
said that Providence would see that she was no loser for the mite she had
given to me. He once sent her, in her extremity, a shilling in the
middle of a potato, which she found when cooking. With many expressions
of 'God bless you in your work among the children! You will be rewarded
some day for all your time, trouble, and expense,' we parted."

The London correspondent of the _Croydon Chronicle_ writes as under, on
November 22nd, touching a visit we both made to a number of poor Gipsy
children squatting about upon Mitcham Common. Among other things he
says:--"I have had a day in your neighbourhood with George Smith, of
Coalville. He is visiting all the Gipsy grounds he can find and reach,
for the purpose of gaining information as to the condition of the swarms
of children who live in squalor and ignorance under tents. He is of
opinion that he will be able to get them into schools, and do as much for
them generally as he has done for the brick-field and canal children; and
I have no doubt myself that he will succeed. Well, the other day he
asked me to have a run round with him, and we went to Mitcham Common to
see some of the families there. He told me that one of the Gipsy women
had been confined, and that she wanted him to give the child a name. He
did not know what to call it, so we had to put our heads together and
settle the matter. After a great deal of careful deliberation he decided
that wh