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Rarely had he thanks for it, never halfpence, but not unfrequently blows and abuse. RARELY HAD HE THANKS FOR IT NEVER HALFPENCE BUT NOT UNFREQUENTLY BLOWS AND ABUSE
t, he would instantly bear down upon and hover about him, until resolved as to his real condition. If he was in such distress as to require assistance, he never left him till he saw him safe within his own door. The police asserted that wee Sir Gibbie not only knew every drunkard in the city, and where he lived, but where he generally got drunk as well. That one was in no danger of taking the wrong turning, upon whom Gibbie was in attendance, to determine, by a shove on this side or that, the direction in which the hesitating, uncertain mass of stultified humanity was to go. He seemed a visible embodiment of that special providence which is said to watch over drunk people and children, only here a child was the guardian of the drunkard, and in this branch of his mission, was well known to all who, without qualifying themselves for coming under his cherubic cognizance, were in the habit of now and then returning home late. He was least known to those to whom he rendered most assistance. MAN CRAFT HOVE IN SIGHT HE WOULD INSTANTLY BEAR DOWN UPON AND HOVER ABOUT HIM UNTIL RESOLVED AS TO HIS REAL CONDITION IF HE WAS IN SUCH DISTRESS AS TO REQUIRE ASSISTANCE HE NEVER LEFT HIM TILL HE SAW HIM SAFE WITHIN HIS OWN DOOR THE POLICE ASSERTED THAT WE SIR GIBBEY NOT ONLY KNEW EVERY DRUNKARD IN THE CITY AND WHERE HE LIVED BUT WHERE HE GENERALLY GOT DRUNK AS WELL THAT ONE WAS IN NO DANGER OF TAKING THE WRONG TURNING UPON WHOM GIBBEY WAS IN ATTENDANCE TO DETERMINE BY A SHOVE ON THIS SIDE OR THAT THE DIRECTION IN WHICH THE HESITATING UNCERTAIN MASS OF STULTIFIED HUMANITY WAS TO GO HE SEEMED A VISIBLE EMBODIMENT OF THAT SPECIAL PROVIDENCE WHICH IS SAID TO WATCH OVER DRUNK PEOPLE AND CHILDREN ONLY HERE A CHILD WAS THE GUARDIAN OF THE DRUNKARD AND IN THIS BRANCH OF HIS MISSION WAS WELL KNOWN TO ALL WHO WITHOUT QUALIFYING THEMSELVES FOR COMING UNDER HIS CHERUBIC COGNIZANCE WERE IN THE HABIT OF NOW AND THEN RETURNING HOME LATE HE WAS LEAST KNOWN TO THOSE TO WHOM HE RENDERED MOST ASSISTANCE
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