There was a stack of golden fagots; and her grandmother was on the floor quite white and dead. When she alarmed her neighbours they all came together, and held up their hands and said, “What a clever miser this old woman must have been!” But when they looked at little Ellie, as she sat weeping on the pile of gold, they all quarrelled among each other over the question, Who should be her friend? A good spirit came in the night, and that was Ellie’s friend; for in the morning all her fagots were of wood again. Nobody then quarrelled for her love; but she found love, and was happy; because nobody thought it worth while to deceive her. * * * * * Monthly Supplement of ‘HOUSEHOLD WORDS,’ Conducted by CHARLES DICKENS. _Price 2d._, _Stamped 3d._, THE HOUSEHOLD NARRATIVE OF CURRENT EVENTS. _The Number, containing a history of the past month, was issued with the Magazines._ Published at the Office, No. 16, Wellington Street North, Strand. Printed by BRADBURY & EVANS, Whitefriars, London. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES ● Fixed typos; non-standard spelling and dialect retained. ● Renumbered footnotes. ● Enclosed italics font in _underscores_. ● The caret (^) is used to indicate superscript, whether applied to a single character (as in 2^d) or to an entire expression (as in 1^{st}).