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diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6833f05 --- /dev/null +++ b/.gitattributes @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +* text=auto +*.txt text +*.md text diff --git a/19936.txt b/19936.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2582696 --- /dev/null +++ b/19936.txt @@ -0,0 +1,2085 @@ +The Project Gutenberg EBook of Willie the Waif, by Minie Herbert + +This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with +almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: Willie the Waif + +Author: Minie Herbert + +Release Date: November 27, 2006 [EBook #19936] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ASCII + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK WILLIE THE WAIF *** + + + + +Produced by Andrew Hodson + + + + + + WILLIE THE WAIF + + BY MINIE HERBERT + + _FULLY ILLUSTRATED_ + + +LONDON S. W. PARTRIDGE & CO. 8 & 9 PATERNOSTER ROW + + +CONTENTS + +CHAP. PAGE + + I. RUNNING AWAY FROM HOME. 7 + + II. A FRIEND IN NEED + +III. THE MISSION SCHOOL + + IV. A VISITOR FOR WILLIE + + V. THE CHRISTMAS TREAT + + VI. LITTLE BERTRAM + + + + WILLIE THE WAIF + + ---o--- + + CHAPTER I + + RUNNING AWAY FROM HOME + +One hot summer's day the sun was trying to shine into a poor, miserable +alley in London. There are some places in that great city where even the +sun cannot find its way, and Primrose Place was one of them. + +It was a very narrow court, and the houses on both sides were so high that +the people who lived there had never seen the sunbeams shining on the +pavement or glinting on the windows. But even supposing the sun could have +shone into the court, it would not have been able to pierce into the +rooms, for the windows were too dirty. Most of them were broken and +patched with brown paper. The doors of the houses always stood open, +so that people could go in and out without knocking. Very few of them +could afford to pay enough rent to have two rooms all to themselves, +so that a whole family was generally huddled into one room, in which they +had to live during the day and sleep at night. But most of the daytime was +spent by the inhabitants of Primrose Place out of doors, lounging about on +the pavement, or sitting on the doorsteps. + +On this day, if you had walked down the court, you would have seen groups +of women standing round the doors gossiping, with their sleeves rolled up +to their elbows, and nothing on their heads. This was the way they all +spent their time when they were not in the beershops, one of which stood, +as usual, at each corner of the court. These women never had time to clean +their rooms, even if they had known they were dirty. But this fact they +did not know. They had never seen them any other way and they had become +so used to their surroundings that they never noticed the dirt. + +The children ran about the court or played in the gutter, barefooted and +bareheaded. Poor little things! there was nobody in Primrose Place to love +or care for them, or teach them to be good. Their mothers would not be +troubled by them, and the children kept out of their way as much as +possible, and, of course, got into that of every body else. This was the +cause of a great deal of quarrelling among the mothers, because, although +they didn't care for their children themselves, they wouldn't let any one +else find fault with them. At the present time three or four boys were +playing at buttons. One of them accused another of cheating, which he +denied. This led to angry words, then to blows, when suddenly one of the +mothers called out:---"'Ere, you Tom, just you leave my Bill alone, +or I'll warm yer!" This was taken up by Tom's mother, and the women fought +the children's battle. In such scenes the children of Primrose Place grew +up---miserable, dirty, and generally neglected. + +Sitting alone on the pavement that evening, huddled close to the wall, was +a little boy of six or seven years of age. His fair hair hung in tangled +curls all round his head. His clothes, which had never been made for him, +were much too large, and so ragged that they could scarcely hold together. +As he sat there, with his little bare feet stretched out on the pavement, +he seemed to be watching for somebody, for he kept continually; +looking towards the end of the court which opened out on to the main road. +All at once he started up eagerly as [the one for whom he had been watching +turned the corner.] This was his brother, a boy about ten years of age, +a tired, miserable-looking little fellow, carrying in his hand a broom. +He had been spending the day trying to earn a few pence by sweeping a +crossing. His anxious face changed the instant he caught sight of his +little brother, for these two were all the world to each other. + +"I'm so glad you've come 'ome Bob," said Willie. "I've been waitin' such a +long time for yer." + +"Poor little chap! I'm a bit late to-day, and I s'pose yer feel lonely. +Ain't yer 'ad no one to play with?" + +"No," he replied. "All the boys tease and make such a noise. It makes my +'ead ache. But it's all right now you've come 'ome," he added cheerfully. + +Bob looked down at the fragile little figure at his side and a great lump +seemed to rise in his throat, almost choking him, as he thought how thin +Willie was; and he wished that he could make haste and grow up to be a man, +so that he could earn a lot of money and buy nice things for him to eat. +"But s'pose Willie should die before then!" The thought was too dreadful, +and he put it away directly it came. + +"See, Willie," he said, "what I've got for yer!" and he held up a large +penny bun before the child. + +Willie clapped his hands. "Oh, Bob, is that for me, really? +Let's sit down 'ere and eat it." + +The child sat down on the kerbstone, pulled his brother down beside him, +and broke the bun in halves. One half he handed to Bob, and would take no +refusal. So the two children soon devoured it between them. + +"I say, Bob," said Willie, when they had finished, "'ave yer 'ad a good day +to-day?" + +"No," said Bob sadly. "Yer see there's no mud about and when there's no +mud the people don't take any notice of yer----" + +"Oh, dear!" said Willie. "Father'll whack yer. I wish yer 'adn't bought +me the bun." + +"I don't, care," responded the other wearily "He may whack me if 'e likes, +it don't matter, you shan't be 'ungry if I can 'elp it. +Is father indoors?" + +"Yes," said Willie, beginning to cry, "and I'm so frightened. +'E 'it me this morning. I dunno what's the matter. 'E's been awful angry +all day, and now 'e'll beat you. Oh, dear! oh, dear!" + +Bob's face flushed, and he clenched his hands. For himself he didn't care, +but he did care when anything hurt Willie. He couldn't stand that, and he +wouldn't. He sat still for a moment lost in thought. At last he sprang +up, saying:---"Come on, Willie, we won't go 'ome to-night, we'll find +somewhere to sleep. Father shan't 'it yer again. We'll go right away." + +Willie got up willingly. He had implicit faith in his brother. +Whatever Bob said or did was sure to be right. He followed him without a +word as Bob led the way up one street and down another, till his little +legs began to ache. But it didn't seem as though they could stop, +for every time they sat down on a doorstep the policeman came and told them +to "Move on!" At last Bob turned into the park, and they sat down under a +tree, when Willie soon fell fast asleep. Bob laid the tired little head +against his shoulder, and although he became cramped with sitting so long +in one position, he would not move for fear of waking him. + +As he sat there he naturally began to think. What were they going to do? +Whatever happened he would take care of Willie. He would have to find +another crossing, and Willie would have to go with him. At any rate they +would always be together, and nobody should hit Willie again. He knew his +father wouldn't come to look for them. He would be only too glad to be rid +of them. Were all fathers like his? he wondered. He didn't think so, +because he had seen some children running along by the side of their +father, and they even laughed and looked as though they were glad. +_He_ laughed sometimes at some of the queer things Willie said, but he +never laughed if his father was there. No, they couldn't all be alike. + +As he sat there thinking, it had become quite dark, and presently he heard +the park-keeper calling, "All out!" Very gently he roused the little +sleeper, and again they trudged along, on and on, till at last they found +themselves at Covent Garden Market, and there Bob resolve to stay for the +night. They crept into an empty barrel, and locked in each other's arms +they were soon fast asleep. + + + CHAPTER II + + A FRIEND IN NEED + +The two boys were awake early next for business begins early in Covent +Garden, and they soon had to leave the shelter of their barrel, for barrels +had to be used for other purposes than to serve as bedrooms for little +boys. Besides, Bob felt that he had no time now that he had Willie to +provide for. + +"Come, Willie," he said, "we must have a wash the fust thing, and then we +must earn some money to buy our breakfast with." + +"Why, where can we wash?" asked Willie. + +"Oh, I know a fust-rate place," answered Rob. "I think it was just made +for boys like you and me wot ain't got no 'ome." + +Willie placed his hand in his brother's, and off the two boys ran, until +they reached Trafalgar Square. Willie shouted with glee at the sight of so +much water. Never had he enjoyed himself so much as he did that morning as +he splashed about in the water, and never had he felt so clean as he did +when he had finished. + +"Now," said Bob, "jist you run up and down 'ere as fast as you can; +yer'll soon dry." + +Willie did as he was told, and soon felt dry and quite hungry; but he was a +thoughtful little fellow, and determined to wait bravely until Bob could +get something for him to eat. + +"Are yer dry, Willie?" asked Bob. + +"Should jist think I am," replied Willie; "feel me." + +"Come on, then; let's go and see if we can find some work. +Ain't yer 'ungry?" + +"Little." said Willie briefly. + +Dame Fortune was kind to these poor little waifs this morning, for they had +not gone far on their travels when Willie's sharp eye spied something on +the ground. Eagerly he ran forward, and picked up a small silver coin, +which he held up with high glee for his brother to see. + +"Why, Willie," exclaimed Bob, "you are lucky! That's a real silver +sixpence. Now you shall have a jolly good breakfast." + +"Oh, yes," said Willie, "I am 'ungry. Ain't yer Bob?" + +With light hearts the two boys went on, talking eagerly as to how the +sixpence should be spent. To these two poor little street arabs it seemed +almost unlimited wealth, for never in their short lives had they had so +much money to spend. Bob was determined to give Willie a treat, so, +without saying where they were going, he led the way to St. James's Park, +where they found a man in charge of a stall, with a cow standing near by. +With a very important air Bob marched up to the man, and asked for two +glasses of milk. The man looked at them rather suspiciously. +In their ragged clothes they looked very different from most of the people +who came to buy milk. + +"Have you any money?" he asked. + +"'Course we 'ave," answered Bob proudly. "Show 'im, Willie." + +Willie held up his hand and showed the man the shining coin. + +"Why, where, did you get that?" asked the man. That's a lot of money for a +little chap like you to have." + +"I found it," said Willie, "and now we're goin' to 'ave some breakfast, +ain't we, Bob?" + +The children ate their meal ravenously, the man watching them meanwhile. + +"What are you going to do now?" he asked when they had finished. + +"Find a crossin', fust thing," answered Bib. + +"Well, good luck to you," said the man. + +But Bob did not find it very easy work. It had been a dry season, and the +crossings were not muddy, so that there was very little to do. One or two +people, attracted by Willie's sweet face, gave him a copper, and just +before dinner a gentleman asked Bob to hold his horse, for which he gave +him threepence; and so they dragged on during the day, but it was very hot, +and poor little Willie soon got tired. + +"Never mind, Willie," said Bob, "we'll go and sit in the park again +presently. Let's stay a little longer." + +So Willie sat down on a doorstep and waited while Bob tried to earn a +little more. But at last he gave up in despair, and, taking Willie's hand, +they turned off into the park. Bob brought some bread-and-cheese from his +pocket, and with a drink of water from the fountain, they made their +evening meal. + +"I wonder if father'll try to find us," said Willie. "You won't ever let +me go back, will yer, Bob?" + +"Not if I knows it," said Bob. "Yer'll 'ave to be my kid now, Willie; some +day yer shall 'ave a broom o' yer own. I'll 'ave to teach yer the +bizness." + +Willie clapped his hands delightedly. + +"That'll be jolly! Then I shall be able to earn some money." + +That night, and many succeeding ones, were spent by the children in the +open air. Sometimes under archways or on doorsteps, and sometimes in the +friendly shelter of the old barrels. While the summer lasted, and the +nights were dry and warm, Bob did not mind, he thought it would not hurt +Willie, but when the cold weather began it made him very anxious. + +"Why don't yer try my place where I sleep?" said another crossing-sweeper +to him one day, when he told him his trouble. "The little 'un 'ud keep +warm there." And he painted in glowing colours the glories of the cheap +lodging-house where he had slept the night before. + +"'Ow much?" asked Bob. + +"Tuppence a 'ead," was the reply. + +So Bob determined if he could possibly earn money that Willie should have a +roof over his head that night. By the time the day's work was ended he +found he had just sixpence in his pocket. He thought he would spend two of +the pennies for their supper and send Willie into the lodging-house alone. +Then he would have two pennies left for their breakfast. + +But little Willie would not hear of any such arrangement. "No, Bob," +he said piteously, "don't make me go away from yer. Let me stay with yer +to-night; I don't mind bein' cold." + +But to this Bob would not consent. If Willie would not go in alone, why, +he must go with him. Perhaps he would get a job early to-morrow, and that +would pay for their breakfast. But it was a wretched night the children +spent; the place was with men, some of whom crowding round the fire were +trying to cook their suppers, while others were quarrelling in different +parts of the room. The children lay locked in each other's arms too +frightened to move, as the loud, angry voices fell upon their ears, and it +was late at night before the noise ceased and they were able to sleep. + +They were wakened early in the morning, for some of the men were up and off +almost before daybreak; and Bob thought he had better be on the move too, +for money must be earned somehow before Willie could have his breakfast. + +They were just about to start when they heard the voice of the landlady +calling to them. She had noticed how pinched and starved they looked when +they came in the night before and felt sorry for them. + +"Come in here, little 'uns," she said, putting her head out of the room +door. "Bless me, you look famished. Got any breakfast?" + +"No," said Bob; "we was going to see if we could earn some money, +so's we could buy some." + +"Where's yer mother?" she asked shortly. + +"She's been dead a long while," answered Bob. + +"Yes," chimed in Willie. "Mother's dead, and we've runned away from +father. He beat us." + +"Poor little chap!" said the woman, looking at the younger boy. And then +she made him sit by the fire, while she poured out two cups of steaming hot +coffee. It was very weak, hardly more than coloured water, but to the +little waifs it was the most delicious thing they had tasted for months, +and as they drank their coffee and ate their bread and butter, the woman's +heart warmed towards them. She smiled several times at Willie's chatter, +as he told of the life on the streets. + +"Soon's we can get enuf money," he said, "Bob'll buy me a broom, +then I'll 'elp." + +"Wouldn't you like to help now?" she asked. + +"Yes," he replied, "but brooms cost a lot o' money." + +"So they do," said the woman. "Besides, you're not big enough yet, but you +could sell some matches, couldn't you? See, I'll lend you this sixpence to +get some with," and then she told Bob the best place to buy them, and how +his little brother was to sell them. + +Willie's eyes gleamed with delight, but all he could say was, "Oh, Bob!" + +The little fellow proved a splendid salesman. However ragged his clothes +might be, his face was always clean, for the boys never missed their +morning wash in Trafalgar Square, and he found several customers, who were +attracted by his bright face and cheery voice as he called out "Box o' +lights, sir! box o' lights!" and his happiness reached its height when he +was able to put into Bob's hand quite a heap of pennies, the result of his +morning's efforts. + +When the evening came they made their way back to the lodging-house, +buying, on their way, half a loaf and some cheese to take in for their +supper. Bob had a good day himself so that he had managed to save +threepence towards paying back the sixpence their kind friend had lent them +in the morning, and it was with a face flushed with pride that he offered +it to her. + +"No, laddie," she said; "wait until you can afford it better." + +"Please take it," he urged. "We've done well to-day, Willie and me." + +So Mrs. Blair took the money, but she insisted on their lying down in a +corner of her room, instead of going into the common kitchen. + +"And you must come every night," she said. "I've been thinking to-day that +if I had a little boy of my own I should like one with a face like +Willie's. Bless him!" And the kind woman kissed the child tenderly. + +"That was nice," said the child. "Nobody ever did that afore." + +So the two children were always sure of a shelter for the night. +Sometimes they were gone in the morning before Mrs. Blair was about, +but if not, she always put fresh water into her tea or coffee-pot and gave +them a hot drink. She was a very poor woman herself and it was as much as +she could do for the little ones. But she did it gladly. + + + CHAPTER III + + THE MISSION SCHOOL + +The children were not always so successful as on the day when Willie first +began to sell his matches. Sometimes, indeed, they took scarcely anything, +and poor little Willie would get tired and faint through having to go all +day with nothing eat. + +One day Bob saw a gentleman jump off his horse and look for some one to +hold it while he went into a shops. He darted up to him and asked to be +allowed to do it. + +"You don't look very big, my lad," said the gentleman; "but you may try. +Don't let him run away." + +Bob found it hard work, for the gentleman was a long time, and the pony was +restive, but he was a plucky little chap and would not give in. The +gentleman had been keeping his eye on him through the shop-window, and when +he came out he said--"Well done, my boy! You'll make a fine man some day," +and he thrust a shilling into the boy's hand. + +Bob was overjoyed with his good fortune as he showed it to Willie. "See +'ere, Willie," he said. "We'll 'ave a tuck-in to-night." And on the way +to Mrs. Blair's they stood some time before a pastrycook's, trying to make +up their minds which of the good things they should buy. First they +thought they would like one thing and then another, but at last decided +upon some meat pies, which, nicely arranged in the window, looked very +tempting to the hungry boys. + +Mrs. Blair was delighted to hear of their success. Handing her the change, +Bob said--- + +"Please'm, will yer mind this money for me?" He had long before paid her +the remaining three-pence that he owed. + +"'Course I will," she said. "Are you saving up?" + +"Yes'm; you see it's gettin' cold now, and Willie's clothes is awful thin. +I want to git 'im some more." + +"So they are," she answered. "Yours too, I think." + +"Oh, them don't matter," he replied. "But Willie's on'y a little chap; +I must take care on 'im." + +Mrs. Blair was often touched when she noticed this boy's devotion to his +little brother. He never seemed to care what hardships he went through +himself, but Willie must be shielded at all costs. + +It took a long time to save up the required sum, but at length Bob managed +it, and one night the boy came in with an old coat and a pair of shoes +tucked under his arm. Of course the coat was not a very good fit, and the +shoes were too large: but Bob had picked up the two at an old clothes-shop +for two shillings, and they were the best he could do. At any rate, they +were whole, and they would keep Willie warm. + +It was a miserably foggy evening in November. The roads were frightfully +dirty, and Bob worked with all his might to keep the crossing clean; +but the people all seemed in too much of a hurry to take any notice of the +little sweeper, and Willie fared no better with his matches. Fairly worn +out and tired, the little fellow began to cry. + +"Let's go 'ome, Bob," he sobbed. "I'm so cold." + +"All right," returned the other. "Seems no use to stop 'ere. +Folks ain't got nothin' for us to-night." + +Bob shouldered his broom, and they turned off down a side street. +They had not gone far when Willie suddenly stopped. + +"'Ark, Bob! Wot's that?" he whispered. + +"Sounds like as if some one was a-singin'," was he answer. +"P'raps we shall come to 'em in a minute. Come on!" + +Buoyed up by this suggestion Willie quickened his footsteps, and presently +they came to a small hall, which was brilliantly lighted. [The children +stopped, and Bob peeped in at the door.] The place seemed to be almost +full of children, some of whom were quite as ragged as himself. +They were all singing lustily, and the two boys could hear the words--- + + "Suffer little children to come unto Me." + +"Don't it sound prime, Willie?" said Bob. Shall we go in?" + +"Yes, do; it'll be warm in there." + +So Bob pushed open the door, and trying to make as little noise as +possible, so as not to attract attention, the two boys shuffled in. +In his anxiety, however, he managed to drop his broom, which fell with a +thud on the floor, the noise of which caused all the children to stop their +singing and turn round to look at him. This was too much for the poor +little fellow, and he tried to get out again as quickly as he came in. +Just as he was turning to go, however, a lady with the most beautiful face +he had even, came up, and, laying her hand upon his shoulder, said, +"Don't go away, dear. Come and sit down!" and she led them to a form near +the stove. At the same time, a man who was standing upon a low platform at +the other end of the room called out in a quick voice--"Attention, +children!" and immediately the singing went on again. After the hymn was +finished the children seated them-selves, and the gentleman spoke to them +about the One who had said "Suffer little children." He pictured to them +the scene of Jesus going on His journey surrounded by His disciples. +He told them how the mothers came, bringing their little children along the +hot dusty road to meet Him, and how delighted they were when Jesus took the +little ones up in His arms and blessed them. And then he held up before +them a picture, and, pointing to the central figure, he said--- + +"Look, dear children, this Man with the kind face is Jesus. +See how lovingly He looks at the little children. Wouldn't some of you +have liked to have been there?" + +A low murmured "Yes!" came from the children as they listened breathlessly. + +"Well, dear children," he went on, "Jesus loves you as much as He loved +those children. He is sorry for you when you are hungry and cold. +He wants you to be good too, for it makes Him very sad when you steal, +or say bad words, or quarrel and fight. He is getting a beautiful place +ready for you to live in; but you must let Him help you to be good, and +some day He will send His angel to fetch you to go and live in that +beautiful place." + +After he had finished speaking, Miss Elton, the lady who had spoken to Bob +at the door, came up to the platform, and in a sweet, clear voice, +so that the children could understand every word, she sang to them the +well-known hymn--- + +"I think when I read that sweet story of old." + +There was a pin-drop silence in the room when she left off and then they +all sang a hymn together, after which the gentleman prayed a short, +simple prayer, and the meeting was over. + +With much noise the little ragged children departed to their homes, +but Bob sat on like one in a dream. + +Presently Miss Elton came up to him, and said--- + +"Well my little man, aren't you going home?" + +"Please'm," he said eagerly, "do you think as 'ow 'e'll let me take Willie +to _'im?_" + +"What do you mean, dear?" she asked. + +"Why 'im as we was told about to-night." + +"Do you mean Jesus?" she asked. + +Bob nodded. + +"Yes, dear," was the answer. "He wants Willie and you too. +Have you ever heard about Jesus before?" + +"No," was the answer. + +So she tried to explain in a very simple way, which both the children could +understand, the sweet story of Jesus. "He is watching you, and Willie +too," she said, "and He wants to help you to be good boys, so that you may +grow up to be good He loves you very, very much. Will you let Him?" + +"I wish 'e would," said Bob. "Don't you, Willie? On'y, I don't see as 'ow +I can tell 'im." + +"Well," was the answer, "if you kneel down, and shut your eyes, and speak +to Him ever so softly, He will hear you. Listen!" And kneeling down +beside the children she prayed--"Dear Jesus, these two little boys want You +to help them to be good. They want to be made fit to live in Your +beautiful home. Please help them. Amen." + +The children looked at her for a moment or two, awed by her manner. +Then Bob asked-- + +"Did 'e 'ear yer?" + +"Yes, dear, He did," was the reply; "and if you talk to Him, He will hear +you too. But now it is getting late and you must take this little chap +home. Will you come again another night, and hear some more about Jesus?" + +"We'd like to, wouldn't we, Willie?" + +Willie nodded. He could hardly take his eyes off the beautiful face of the +lady, and for once he felt too shy to say much, but when he was outside the +door his tongue became unloosed. + +"Wasn't she a pretty lady, Bob? Shall we go and see her again?" + +"'Course we will," was the decided answer. "But, Willie, wouldn't yer like +to go an' see that kind man wot the gent told us about?" + +"Yes," said Willie; "but where is 'e, Bob?" + +"I dunno," said Bob; "but the lady said as 'ow 'e would 'ear us if we spoke +to 'im. P'raps Mrs. Blair will tell us." + +When the children arrived, at the house they found Mrs. Blair becoming very +anxious about them, for it was not often they were so late now that the +evenings were dark and cold. + +"Why, laddies!" she exclaimed, "I thought you were lost. +Wherever 'ave you been?" + +"Mrs. Blair," said Willie eagerly, "can you tell us the way to Jesus?" + +"Bless the child!" she said, looking at Bob. "What on earth does he mean?" + +"'Ain't you ever 'eerd about 'im?" asked Bob, looking very disappointed. +"We've bin to a place where a lot o' children were singing about 'Suffer +little children,' and then a man talked about one as was called Jesus, and +'e said 'e wanted all little boys like Willie an' me to be good so's we +could go and live with 'im some day; and Willie and me wants to find the +way, and now you can't 'elp us!" sadly and wistfully. + +"No, child," she said huskily, "I'm afraid I can't. Be quick and get your +suppers, for it's awful late, an' that little 'un ought to be in bed." + +"Bob," whispered Willie, "yer'll speak to Jesus afore we go to bed, +won't yer? The lady said 'e would 'ear." + +So the two little waifs knelt in their corner with their eyes tightly shut, +and Bob prayed in a low voice--- + +"Please, Sir, me an' Willie wants to find Yer. Make us good boys, +an' show us the way." + +"Say 'men, Bob," said Willie, "like the lady did." + +And Bob said "'men." + + + CHAPTER IV + + A VISITOR FOR WILLIE + +What made Mrs. Blair sit up late that night, watching the fire, instead of +going to bed quickly as she usually did? Willie's question had taken her +back in thought to the time when she was a little girl. She remembered the +lovely village where she was born; she fancied herself a girl again, +running about the sweet-scented lanes and the green fields. She could see +the honeysuckle all out in bloom, as it climbed over the cottage door and +peeped in at the windows; but, most of all, she thought of her mother and +the prayer she taught her to say every night as she knelt at her knee. +But her mother was dead, and she had not been near the village for many +years. In that time she had forgotten all the lessons her mother had tried +to teach her, and now when little Willie wanted her to show him the way to +Jesus she was not able to do so. It was many years since she had taken the +name of Jesus upon her lips. She had been a hard-working woman all her +life, and she had no time to think about Him. But now she wished she +had. She would have been glad if she could have told little Willie what he +wanted to know. + +From this time the boys never forgot to speak to Jesus, as Willie called +it, every morning and evening. They went to the mission services regularly +every week, and Miss Elton and her brother began to take a great interest +in the children. The boys listened eagerly to every word that was said, +and carried it faithfully home to Mrs. Blair, for she, poor woman, +seemed quite as anxious to find Jesus as the children had been. + +Willie's "pretty lady" had quite won the children's hearts, so that Willie +had lost all his shyness with her; and as for the lady herself, she +delighted to bear him chatter. Bob told her all about their life in +Primrose Place, and on the streets since, and what a good friend Mrs. Blair +had been to them. + +"Why, you see," she said, "Jesus has been taking care of you all the time; +only you did not know it." + +"'As 'e?" said Bob wonderingly. + +"Of course He has," was the reply. "Don't you see how He has let you take +care of Willie? All the kind, loving thoughts that you have about are put +into your mind by Jesus. It was He made Mrs. Blair so kind to you. +She wouldn't have looked after you so well if He had not put the thoughts +into her head." + +So, little by little, the minds of the children began to open, and they +understood something of the way in which Jesus loved them. + +In spite of the new clothes that Bob's careful saving up had procured for +him, little Willie seemed to feel the cold very keenly, and Bob often felt +very anxious about him. He caught cold, and that left him with a bad +cough. Several times Bob had to leave him at home while he went to his +crossing alone. But these were miserable days for the elder boy. +He always declared that people took no notice of him when Willie was not +there, and it was very little he could earn. Had it not been for Mrs. +Blair, the children would often have had to spend the night out of doors. + +One very wet evening in December Bob turned into the mission-room alone. +Willie had been too ill to go out with him in the morning, and he wanted to +go straight home; he thought Willie would be so lonely. + +But Willie would not hear of it. "No, Bob," he said; "go an' see my pretty +lady, so's yer can tell me wot she says when yer come 'ome." + +Miss. Elton saw him come in at the door, and quickly missed her little +favourite. + +"Why, Bob," she said, "where's Willie?" + +"Please'm," he answered, "'e ain't well. 'E couldn't come out with me +to-day." + +"Poor little chap!" said the lady kindly. "I hope he isn't very bad. +I must come and see him. Do you think he would like me to?" + +"I should jist think 'e would," answered Bob. + +"Very well, then, you must tell me the way, and I will come to-morrow." + +Bob did so as clearly as he could, then went to his seat. But it was very +little that he heard of the address that evening, for his head was so full +of the visit that was to be paid that he couldn't take in anything else. + +Directly the meeting was over he flew off as fast as his legs could carry +him. + +"Willie, Willie!" he burst out, as soon as he got into the room. +"Guess wot I've got to tell yer! + +"Can't," said Willie. "Do tell me, Bob." + +"Some one's comin' to see yer to-morrer." + +"To see me!" repeated Willie. "Who, Bob?" + +"Who should it be," said Bob, "but yer lady!" + +"Truth, Bob? Do yer mean it?" for it seemed almost too good to be true. +"My pretty lady!" + +"Yes," said Bob. "Ain't it prime? I know'd yer'd be glad." + +Mrs. Blair was almost as excited as the children themselves, at the idea of +the visitor, and she declared she would have to be up an hour earlier, in +order to be ready for the lady. + +The next morning Willie very much wanted his brother to stay at home with +him to see the lady, but Bob knew he must not do that. + +"It won't do to lose a day now, Willie," he said. "I must go an' earn some +money, else wot'll we do?" And with a brave face he shouldered his broom +and marched off. + +True to her promise, Miss Elton found her way that morning to Mrs. Blair's. +She had some difficulty in following Bob's directions, for they were not +very clear. But she arrived there at lasts and found Willie eagerly +watching for her at the window. + +"Why, Willie, my little man," she said, "you didn't come to see me last +night." + +"No," said Willie, with glistening eyes. "I 'ain't been well; but---but," +hesitatingly, "I'm glad you've come to see me." + +[Miss Elton sat down, and drew the boy to her side.] She thought what a +frail little fellow he looked, with his flushed cheeks and shining eyes. +She talked to him for some time about himself and his brother, and then she +said---"Now, Willie, I want you to make haste and get well. +Do you know why?" + +Willie shook his head. + +"Well," she said, "Christmas will be here in two weeks' time. +Do you know what Christmas is?" + +"No," said Willie, "I 'ain't ever see'd one." + +Miss Elton smiled. + +"You know who Jesus is?" she asked. + +"Yes" said Willie. "We talks to 'im every mornin' an' night, +Bob an' me; an' we're tryin' to be good." + +"That's right," said Miss Elton. "Well, Jesus used to live down here on +the earth once, and we called the day He came Christmas Day. So Christmas +Day was His birthday. You know how He loves little children, and wants +them to be happy, and we want to make them happy too. So what do you think +we are going to do?" + +"Dunno," said Willie. + +"We are going to give the children a treat at the mission-room. +We want you all to come and have tea there, and some nice games afterwards; +but I'm not going to tell you everything, because I want to surprise you. +That is why I want you to get well." + +"Can Bob come too?" he asked. + +"Of course; we must have Bob," she answered. "We couldn't get on without +him." + +For Some moments Willie stood looking at her as though he wanted to say +something. Miss Elton waited for him to speak. At last she said gently: +"Well, dear, what is it? + +"I wish----" he hesitated. "I wish you'd _sing_." + +"Would you like me to?" she asked, smiling. "What shall I sing?" + +"'Bout 'Suffer little children.'" + +During the singing Mrs. Blair came into the room. Miss Elton spoke to her +very kindly for minutes, and asked some questions about Willie, thanking +her for what she had done for the children. + +"Lor', ma'am," she said, "who could help it; such children as they are? +It's wonderful the way that boy looks after the little chap; and as for the +little one, why, with his angel-face and pretty ways he'd get round the +hardest woman." + +"It's very good of you, Mrs. Blair, and God will give you your reward, +you may be sure. Will you take this," slipping some money into her hand, +"and get Willie some food? He wants nourishment, poor little fellow! +I must come and see him again. I want him to be well enough to come to the +treat we are giving to the children at the mission-room. Perhaps you would +come up in the evening, and see them at play?" + +"Thank you kindly, ma'am," she replied. "I'd be glad to come." + +Before Miss Elton left she made Willie very happy giving him a book of +coloured pictures, telling him it was to keep him from being lonely while +Bob was at work. + + + CHAPTER V + + THE CHRISTMAS TREAT + +After Miss Elton's visit Willie found plenty to amuse himself with that +day, and he was very anxious for Bob to come home that he might tell him +the news. Mrs. Blair went out and bought some meat and other things with +the money the lady had given her, and the little fellow feasted like a +king. Some of the good things he insisted on saving for Bob, and it was in +a state of high glee that he watched his brother eating his supper that +night. The picture book was a source of great amusement to them. +Many of the pictures they recognized, having heard the stories at the +mission-room, and it seemed as though Willie would never tire of looking at +them, especially one which showed Jesus blessing little children. + +The boys looked forward with great interest to the coming treat, +and often wondered what kind of a thing it would be, for they had never +been to anything of the sort in their lives. Miss Elton kept her promise, +and came several times to see Willie, always giving Mrs. Blair something to +buy food with, so that it would not be necessary for him to go out in the +cold and wet to sell his matches. + +It was a red-letter day for Bob when, once, Miss Elton happened to come +along just where he was at work. He saw her coming some time before she +recognized him, but when she stopped to speak to him he was so excited that +he scarcely knew what he was doing. + +"Why, Bob," she exclaimed, "this is the first time I have seen you at +business. How beautifully clean you have made your crossing!" + +Bob coloured with pleasure. It was not often that people praised him, +and he hardly knew what to make of it. + +"How is my little friend Willie to-day?" she asked. + +"Please'm, 'e's gittin' better now 'e don't 'ave to come an' stay out 'ere +with me," was the answer. + +Bob could always find his tongue when any one asked him about Willie. + +"I'm so glad," said Miss Elton. "I want him to come to the treat." + +"Yes," said Bob, "'e ants to come." + +"Do you always sweep this crossing?" she inquired. + +"Yes'm," was the answer. "It's best jist to stay in one place. +Folks git to know yer, yer see. I have my reg'lar ones as gives me a penny +most days. They wouldn't do that if I shifted about." + +"I see," said Miss Elton. "Well I shall always look out for this crossing +now," and with a bright smile and a coin as a parting gift she went on her +way. But her heart ached for the little sweeper as she thought of the +small old-looking face above the ragged clothes, thinking too of the +numbers more who were like him in the great city, and how little she could +do for them. + +The two weeks quickly passed away, and the long-looked-for day of the treat +arrived. Miss Elton found time in the morning to come round to Mrs. +Blair's to see if Willie was able to come. + +"Bless, you, ma'am," said that good lady, "you couldn't keep him back if +you tried. He's that set on going. I'll be there to bring him home +safely." + +"Well," said Miss Elton, "he looks much better than when I first saw him. +You are better, are you not, Willie?" turning to the child. + +"Yes, please'm," answered Willie, with sparkling eyes. "I'm comin' to the +treat. Bob's comin' 'ome early to take me." + +There was great excitement at Mrs. Blair's that afternoon. Bob arrived +home in good time, and Mrs. Blair provided the boys with soap and water +with which they rubbed their faces until they shone. Then she produced a +needle and thread, and much to Bob's delight did what she could towards +drawing his rags together. It was an almost hopeless task, and they really +did not look much better when they were done; but Bob was as proud of the +stitches which prevented the wind blowing through the holes on to his +little bare legs as a young prince would have been of a new suit of +clothes, and it was with beaming, happy faces that the two children set off +hand-in-hand to take their share of the good things provided for them. + +But when they entered the hall they almost thought they had come to the +wrong place, for the room was completely changed. Two long tables went +down the length of the room, covered with clean white cloths, and loaded +with heaped-up plates of bread-and-butter and cake. Steaming urns of tea +stood at each end, surrounded by cups and saucers. The walls had been +prettily decorated with holly and evergreens, and the red berries glistened +in the gaslight. The platform at the end of the room had been taken away, +and in its place stood an enormous tree covered with toys and parcels. +Several of the children were standing round it in groups, for the most part +in silence, as though overawed with the unusual sight. Some of the bolder +ones ventured nearer and proceeded to examine the articles hanging upon the +tree. + +Willie's eyes, however, were fixed upon one object in the middle of the +room. A little girl, beautifully dressed in white, with a broad, blue +sash, looking exactly like a fairy, was holding Miss Elton by the hand. +Willie had caught sight of her directly he entered the room, and stood +looking as though fascinated. + +"Look, Bob," he whispered; "is she a angel?" + +"Dunno," said Bob. "Should think she looks like one." + +Just then Miss Elton turned her head and saw the two boys. Keeping hold of +the little girl's hand, she came towards them. + +["See, Gladys," she said; "this is my little boy Willie."] + +"G'adys' 'ickle boy too," said the child, slipping her hand confidingly +into the boy's. + +Willie coloured to the roots of his hair; but was too overcome by the +little lady's possession of him to speak. + +Miss Elton 'smiled "that's right, Gladys. Now you take him and show him +all the pretty things," and she left the children together while she went +back to her helpers. + +"Come 'long, boy," said Gladys. "See all ze pitty sings on ze tree," and, +tugging at his hand, she pulled him down the long room, and very soon the +little waif, and the daintily-dressed maiden were the best of friends, and +chatting away as though they had known each other all their short lives. + +"Now, children," said Mr. Elton, ringing a bell as he spoke to gain +attention, "all who are hungry and want some tea must come and sit down at +the tables." + +For the next five minutes all was confusion as the children noisily took +their places, Gladys and Willie bringing up the rear. + +"Miss Elton, look!" exclaimed a young lady who had come to help attend the +children. "Did you ever see such an extraordinary likeness?" + +"Likeness between whom?" asked Miss Elton. + +"Why, your little niece and her ragged knight," said the young lady. +"Can't you see, now they are close together? Their eyes are quite alike, +and they have the same curly hair." + +"It is so indeed," said Miss Elton; "but it has never struck me before." + +"What a sweet face that boy has!" said her companion. "I should love to +dress him in velvet and lace." + +There was no time for more to be said, for the children were hungry, and +although Miss Elton had brought several friends to help her and her brother +with their ragged visitors, they were kept exceedingly busy. +Many of the little waifs had never had such a feast in their lives, +and it was astonishing to see the way in which they drank the tea and +devoured the cake. + +After the children had eaten as much as they could, they were allowed to +get down from the table, and while the tea was being cleared away they +romped about in the room. Miss Elton taught them to play "Oranges and +Lemons," "Nuts and May," and other games which are familiar to most +children, but quite strange to little London arabs such as were gathered +together in that room. + +When they had tired themselves out with play they all sat down, and while +they ate oranges Mr. Elton talked to them for a little while about the One +whose birthday they were celebrating, and Miss Elton sang to them. + +The greatest event of the evening was left until the last. +By this time some of the parents had come in, among whom was Mrs. Blair, +and they seemed to enjoy the fun quite as much as the children. + +They looked on with great interest while a gentleman brought round a hat in +which were a number of pieces of paper, each marked with a figure. + +"Now, children," said Mr. Elton, "you must all take a paper out of the hat +and see what the number is that is marked on it, and when I call out the +number you must stand up and you will get something off the tree. +Now, then; attention! Number fourteen!" + +Instantly two boys stood up. "No, no," said Mr. Elton, "you haven't both +number fourteen!" + +"Please, sir, this chap's wrong," said a voice; "'e ain't got no fourteen." + +It was soon discovered that the boy had mistaken number forty-one for +fourteen, and many other similar mistakes occurred, owing to the ignorance +of the children. But there were many willing helpers, and at last the +business was settled. Each child received a toy and a warm article of +clothing. For a few minutes the uproar was deafening, with the blowing of +whistles, shaking of tambourines, beating of drums, etc., as each child +proceeded to try his own particular toy. + +Willie had been fortunate enough to obtain a box of soldiers and a pair of +warm knitted cuffs, which were tried on and much admired by Gladys, while +Bob was the happy possessor of a tin whistle and a thick woollen comforter. + +"Wear it home," said Miss Elton, smiling at him; "you will find out how +warm it is." + +It was late when the children separated, tired and happy. It was an +evening never to be forgotten by them, and years after, when they had grown +up to be men and women, some of them hardened by sin, this Christmas treat +at the mission school stood out in their memories as the one piece of +happiness in their miserable lives. + + + CHAPTER VI + + LITTLE BERTRAM + +"Arthur," said Miss Elton to her brother, as they sat by the fire that +evening talking over the events of the day, "has it ever occurred to you +that there is a striking likeness between that little Willie Brown and our +Gladys?" + +"No, dear," was the answer, "I cannot say that it has. I have often +thought him very superior to the other children, and he is not in the least +like his brother Bob." + +"Well, Nora Graham called my attention to the fact this afternoon, and it +has haunted me ever since. Do you think, Arthur, it _could_ be by any +chance? Little Bertram would have been just about his age now," wistfully. + +"My dear Winnie," returned her brother, "I should not allow myself to raise +any such hopes on that point if I were you. You have been disappointed so +often." + +"Still," she persisted, "there is just a chance, and we dare not leave a +single stone unturned to find poor Marion's boy." + +"No," he replied, "but we have so little to go upon. It is four years now +since Marion died, and the only clue we could have at all is that tiny mark +upon the shoulder." + +"Well," she said, "if I go and see the child and find out what I can from +him, will you go to Primrose Place and see if you can trace anything of his +parents?" + +"Certainly I will," was the answer. "You know, dear, I am as anxious to +find the child as you are. It maddens one to think of the little chap +being brought up in one of those filthy alleys. I don't wonder it killed +his mother." + +"No, indeed," said Miss Elton, her eyes filled with tears. "Poor Marion!" + +Some years before our story opens Miss Elton's only sister had married an +artist living in a pretty village in Surrey, and there about a year +afterwards their little boy Bertram was born. His parents idolized him, +and he was the pet and plaything of every one who had anything to do with +him. When he was just about one year old, his mother, Mrs. Vincent, +had in her service a housemaid who had a violent temper. It happened that +one day Mrs. Vincent had occasion to reprove her for some fault, and the +girl was heard to declare that she would "pay her out for it." Soon after +Mr. and Mrs. Vincent went to spend a day with some friends living at a +distance, leaving little Bertram in charge of his nurse, thinking her a +woman they could trust. Great was their dismay, however, when they +returned to find both Bertram and Ellen, the housemaid, missing. +The nurse seemed to be almost beside herself with terror, and they could +get very little information from her. She said that Ellen had offered to +mind the baby while she went to dress. She missed them when she came down, +but thinking that they were somewhere about the grounds, she took no notice +but went on with some work in the nursery. When tea was ready she went out +to look for them, but they were nowhere to be seen. Feeling thoroughly +frightened, she called the cook, and together they searched the house and +grounds, but no trace of Ellen or the baby could be found. Poor Mrs. +Vincent was almost out of her mind with grief when she realized that her +darling baby was lost. The father haunted the police stations and +hospitals longing for news of the boy. But it was all in vain, little +Bertram had completely disappeared. Mr. and Mrs. Vincent never saw their +child again; a month or two afterwards the father was thrown from a trap +and killed, and when Gladys was born soon after, the poor mother could not +recover the shock and she followed her husband. On her death-bed she made +her brother and sister promise that they would look after Gladys, +and also do all in their power to find Bertram. + +Faithfully these two kept their word. Aunt Winnie had been a good mother +to little Gladys, and in the hope that they might some day come across the +little boy, they had started their mission among the waifs of London. So +far, however, it had been all in vain. Sometimes they fancied they had a +clue, but it always led to nothing, and they had almost begun to think the +task hopeless, when Miss Elton's attention was directed to Willie Brown. + +Directly breakfast was over the next morning Mr. Elton and his sister set +out on their errand of inquiry. In spite of her brother's counsel not to +think too much about it, Miss Elton could not help feeling strangely +hopeful, for something seemed to tell her that at last God had heard her +prayers, and little Bertram would be restored to those who loved him. +On arriving at Mrs. Blair's house she encountered Bob just marching off +with his broom. "Why Bob," she exclaimed delightedly, "you will be late +for business this morning. How is this?" + +"Yes'm," he began awkwardly, blushing to the roots of his hair. +It was the first time such a thing had occurred since he started his +crossing, and he felt himself in disgrace. + +"Well, ma'am, begging your pardon," broke in Mrs. Blair, "and who could +blame him if he is? It isn't every day those two dear children go to a +Christmas party; not a wink of sleep did they get this blessed night long. +Little Willie there was so full of that pretty little lady that took so +much notice of him---'the little angel,' he calls her." + +"I am very glad you _were_ late this morning, Bob," said Miss Elton, +"for I want to talk to you both. So, Willie," turning to the little +fellow, "you like my girlie, do you? Would you like to see her again?" + +"Yes, please'm," said Willie, his eyes sparkling. + +"Well, then," was the answer, "Bob must bring you to my house, and you must +play with her there. But, now," she went on, "I want you to tell me all +you can about yourselves. Do you remember your mother, Bob?" + +"Yes'm," replied Bob; "she used to drink awful." + +"Has she been dead long?" + +"Yes; she died when Willie wor a kid. I know, 'cos 'e was jist a-tryin' to +walk by 'isself. 'E 'ad no one then to look arter 'im but me," he added. + +"Well," replied Miss Elton, "you have looked after him very well. +I am sure Willie has been very happy when he has been with you. +He is a dear little fellow," drawing the child closer to her and gazing +into his face. Yes, he certainty was the image of Gladys; she could see it +plainly now. How strange that she had never noticed it before! + +She sat talking to them some time longer, and then, slipping a shilling +into Bob's hand, she asked him to stay and play with Willie to-day. + +Once outside the door she turned eagerly. + +"Mrs. Blair," she said, to that lady's astonishment, "do you think Willie +is really Bob's brother?" + +"Bless me, miss," was the answer, "I haven't never thought about it. +He always calls him his brother." + +"They are not much alike," said Miss Elton. + +"No," replied Mrs. Blair; "but I don't know that that shows anything? + +"Have you ever seen Willie undressed?" went on her questioner. + +"Lor' bless you, yes!" she replied. "Why, only yesterday I gave him a good +wash before he went to the tea-party." And she looked, at Miss Elton +wonderingly. + +"Did you notice anything about him--any particular marks about his body, +I mean?" + +"No," was the answer. "Stay, though, I think I did see a little red mark +on his shoulder. But it was nothing much." + +"Oh, thank you," said Miss Elton joyously, though her eyes were brimming +over with tears. "No, I mustn't say anything yet; but, Mrs. Blair, will +you bring the children up to my house this afternoon? This is my address," +handing her a card. "You can get an omnibus near here that will take you +all the way to West Kensington." + +Having Mrs. Blair's promise that she would be there in good time, +Miss Elton hastened home. Her brother had not yet returned, +but she could settle to nothing till he came. She wandered about from the +library to the drawing-room, then up to the nursery, where she caught +Gladys up in her arms and danced with her about the room, while the little +one screamed with delight. + +At last the door-bell rang, and she rushed down to meet her brother in the +hall. + +"Well, dear," she cried, "what news?" + +"My dear Winnie," replied her brother, "you are a perfect tornado. +Let me get inside;" + +"Be quick, then," was the answer, and she pulled him into the drawing-room. + +Seating himself in a chair, he proceeded to give her an account of his +morning's work. When he arrived at Primrose Place he could not find any +trace of the man Brown. An old woman who lived in the same house said that +he had left the place soon after the boys went away. She said she +remembered the children quite well, but she did not think they were +brothers, because she knew a young woman came there about five years ago, +bringing a baby with her, which she left. Mrs. Brown always gave out that +it was her own, but she didn't ever remember her having a baby, and she +didn't think it was her own. Brown himself was doing two years in gaol at +the time Mrs. Brown died soon after he came out. She said that the +children led a dreadful life with the man, and she was glad when they went +away. "So you see, Winnie," he concluded, "that is all I could find out, +and it is not enough to go upon." + +"Ah, well," she replied, shaking her head, "Willie is coming here this +afternoon, and then you will see. I am certain 'we have found Bertram." + +And so sure was she, that her next business was to order the carriage and +set off to the shop to buy a suit for Willie. Everything that the boy +could possibly, want in the shape of underclothes was bought, and then the +little velvet suit that Nora Graham had suggested, with the lace collar, +was added. + +Precisely at three o'clock Mrs. Blair appeared with the children. +Little Gladys was delighted to see Willie, and would sit next to him at the +table while they had some tea. Mr. Elton came in and looked at them, +and he, too, was struck with the likeness between the children. + +After tea Miss Elton took Willie to the nursery saying she had some clothes +for him and she wanted to see them on. + +"Here, nurse," she said to the servant who was waiting; "this is the little +boy I told you about." + +"Bless his dear heart!" said the woman, catching him in her arms. +"I should have known Master Bertie anywhere." + +Miss Elton was very glad now that Bertram's old nurse had stayed on to look +after Gladys, for now that _she_ recognized the child she felt all her +doubts laid to rest for ever, and she stood looking on while nurse took off +the ragged clothes exposed to view the tiny mark on the little bare +shoulder. + +"There, ma'am," she exclaimed, "that is proof enough. Oh, if only my dear +mistress had lived to see this day!" + +"We will believe she does see it," returned Miss Elton, "and I am sure she +is glad with us." + +The dressing was quickly finished, and with his shining face and +nicely-combed hair he looked, as Miss Elton said, "like a little prince." + +Taking his hand, she led him down to the dining-room and exhibited him to +the others. Mrs. Blair gazed at him open-mouthed. Gladys ran to him, and, +throwing her arms round his neck, kissed him delightedly, saying, "G'adys +'ove 'oo, 'ickle boy!" + +Bob alone made no sign. He did not know what to make of this new Willie. +Miss Elton called him to her. "Bob," she said, "many years ago my little +nephew was stolen away from his home. I have searched for him everywhere, +but could not find him; but to-day I have found out that you have been +taking care of him for me all this time. Are you glad that Willie is my +little boy?" + +"Will 'e be always dressed like that?" asked Bob. + +"Yes," was the answer. + +"Won't 'e be 'ungry and cold any more?" + +"No, my boy." + +"Then I'm glad--but oh, Willie," and he broke down sobbing. + +"Why, what is the matter?" asked Miss Elton. + +"Oh!" sobbed the boy, "I shan't never see 'im no more!" + +"Why, Bob," said Miss Elton, "what are you saying? Of course you will see +Willie. Do you think I would separate you after you have been so good to +him? Listen to me. Would you like to come and live here with Willie? Then +you could go to school, and still look after him as you always have done." + +And so it was settled. Gladys was delighted with her new brother, +and she ruled him like a little queen, while he became her willing slave +and gave in to her in everything. 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