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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1875 Excerpt: ... tenderest smile on its white face that any of them ever saw. It had been ailing for days, and its brief life had been full of bitter woe, but yet the women cried as they bent over the old cradle and kissed its cold cheeks and felt its icy hands. Father and mother lay down at dark the evening before, and people passing by heard the child crying and wailing. It was too weak to crawl out of the cradle, and its voice was not strong enough to break the chains of drunken stupor. When the sun went down and the evening shadows danced across the floor and seemed to grasp at him the boy grew afraid and cried out. The shadows came faster, and as they raced around the room and scowled darkly at the lone child he nestled down and drew the ragged blanket over his head to keep the revengeful shadows from seizing him. He must have thought his parents dead, and how still the house seemed to him! "It's dark, mother--it's dark!" the neighbors heard him wail; but no one went in to comfort him and to drive the shadows away. The night grew older--the feet of pedestrians ceased to echo, and the heavy breathing of the "I AM THY MOTHER!" 247 drunkards made the child tremble and draw the cover Btill closer. His little bare feet were curled up, and he shut his eyes tightly to keep from seeing the black darkness. By and by the ragged blanket was gently pulled away, and the child opened his eyes and saw a great light in the room. "Is it morning?" he whispered, but the drunkards on the floor still slept. Sweet, tender music came to the child's ears, and the light had driven every shadow away. He was no longer afraid. The aches and pains he had suffered for days past weni away all at once. "Mother! mother! hear the music!" he cried, and from out o...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781235898235
  • Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Publisher Imprint: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 96
  • Spine Width: 5 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1235898237
  • Publisher Date: 01 May 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 186 gr

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