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A class of urchins, to Gibbie's eyes at least looking unhappy, were at the moment blundering through the twenty third psalm. A CLASS OF URCHINS TO GIBBEY'S EYES AT LEAST LOOKING UNHAPPY WERE AT THE MOMENT BLUNDERERING THROUGH THE TWENTY THIRD PSALM
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. Above all he must see friendly faces, and that of the old dame was not such. But he desired to be friendly with her, and once, as she leaned over him, put up his hand--not a very clean one, I am bound to give her the advantage of my confessing--to stroke her cheek: she pushed him roughly away, rose in indignation upon her crutch, and lifted her cane to chastise him for the insult. 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 ABOVE ALL HE MUST SEE FRIENDLY FACES AND THAT OF THE OLD DAME WAS NOT SUCH BUT HE DESIRED TO BE FRIENDLY WITH HER AND ONCE AS SHE LEANED OVER HIM PUT UP HIS HAND NOT A VERY CLEAN ONE I AM BOUND TO GIVE HER THE ADVANTAGE OF MY CONFESSING TO STROKE HER CHEEK SHE PUSHED HIM ROUGHLY AWAY ROSE IN INDIGNATION UPON HER CRUTCH AND LIFTED HER CANE TO CHASTISE HIM FOR THE INSULT
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