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Above all he must see friendly faces, and that of the old dame was not such. ABOVE ALL HE MUST SEE FRIENDLY FACES AND THAT OF THE OLD DAME WAS NOT SUCH
nd picked up what he found. There were some who would gladly have brought him within the bounds of an ordered life; he soon drove them to despair, however, for the streets had been his nursery, and nothing could keep him out of them. But the sparrow and the rook are just as respectable in reality, though not in the eyes of the hen-wife, as the egg-laying fowl, or the dirt-gobbling duck; and, however Gibbie’s habits might shock the ladies of Mr. Sclater’s congregation who sought to civilize him, the boy was no more about mischief in the streets at midnight, than they were in their beds. They collected enough for his behoof to board him for a year with an old woman who kept a school, and they did get him to sleep one night in her house. But in the morning, when she would not let him run out, brought him into the school-room, her kitchen, and began to teach him to write, Gibbie failed to see the good of it. He must have space, change, adventure, air, or life was not worth the name to him. OK WHAT WAS GIVEN HIM AND PICKED UP WHAT HE FOUND THERE WERE SOME WHO WOULD GLADLY HAVE BROUGHT HIM WITHIN THE BOUNDS OF AN ORDERED LIFE HE SOON DROVE THEM TO DESPAIR HOWEVER FOR THE STREETS HAD BEEN HIS NURSERY AND NOTHING COULD KEEP HIM OUT OF THEM BUT THE SPARROW AND THE ROOK ARE JUST AS RESPECTABLE IN REALITY THOUGH NOT IN THE EYES OF THE HEN WIFE AS THE EGG LAYING FOWL OR THE DIRT GOBBLING DUCK AND HOWEVER GIBBEY'S HABITS MIGHT SHOCK THE LADIES OF MISTER SQUETER'S CONGREGATION WHO SOUGHT TO CIVILIZE HIM THE BOY WAS NO MORE ABOUT MISCHIEF IN THE STREETS AT MIDNIGHT THAN THEY WERE IN THEIR BEDS THEY COLLECTED ENOUGH FOR HIS BEHOOF TO BOARD HIM FOR A YEAR WITH AN OLD WOMAN WHO KEPT A SCHOOL AND THEY DID GET HIM TO SLEEP ONE NIGHT IN HER HOUSE BUT IN THE MORNING WHEN SHE WOULD NOT LET HIM RUN OUT BROUGHT HIM INTO THE SCHOOL ROOM HER KITCHEN AND BEGAN TO TEACH HIM TO WRITE GIBBEY FAILED TO SEE THE GOOD OF IT HE MUST HAVE SPACE CHANGE ADVENTURE AIR FOR LIFE WAS NOT WORTH THE NAME TO HIM
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