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He was in a closet of the room in which Sambo slept  and something was to do about his bed. He rose softly and peeped out. There stood several men, and a struggle was going on  nearly noiseless. HE WAS IN A CLOSET OF THE ROOM IN WHICH SAMBO SLEPT AND SOMETHING WAS TO DO ABOUT HIS BED HE ROSE SOFTLY AND PEEPED DOWN THERE STOOD SEVERAL MEN AND A STRUGGLE WAS GOING ON NEARLY NOISELESS
. The tumbler falling from it, struck Gibbie on the head--not severely, but hard enough to make him utter a little cry. At that sound, the latent fierceness came wide awake in Sambo. Gently as a nursing mother he set Gibbie down in a corner behind him, then with one rush sent every Jack of the company sprawling on the floor, with the table and bottles and glasses atop of them. At the vision of their plight his good humour instantly returned, he burst into a great hearty laugh, and proceeded at once to lift the table from off them. That effected, he caught up Gibbie in his arms, and carried him with him to bed. In the middle of the night Gibbie half woke, and, finding himself alone, sought his father’s bosom; then, in the confusion between sleeping and waking, imagined his father’s death come again. Presently he remembered it was in Sambo’s arms he fell asleep, but where he was now he could not tell: certainly he was not in bed. Groping, he pushed a door, and a glimmer of light came in. D COVERED HIS FACE WITH HIS ARM THE TUMBLER FALLING FROM IT STRUCK GIBBEY ON THE HEAD NOT SEVERELY BUT HARD ENOUGH TO MAKE HIM UTTER A LITTLE CRY AT THAT SOUND THE LATENT FIERCENESS CAME WIDE AWAKE IN SAMBO GENTLY AS A NURSING MOTHER HE SET GIBBY DOWN IN A CORNER BEHIND HIM THEN WITH ONE RUSH SENT EVERY JACK OF THE COMPANY SPRAWLING ON THE FLOOR WITH THE TABLE AND BOTTLES AND GLASSES ATOP OF THEM AT THE VISION OF THEIR PLIGHT HIS GOOD HUMOR INSTANTLY RETURNED HE BURST INTO A GREAT HEARTY LAUGH AND PROCEEDED AT ONCE TO LIFT THE TABLE FROM OFF THEM THAT AFFECTED HE CAUGHT UP GIBBEY IN HIS ARMS AND CARRIED HIM WITH HIM TO BED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT GIBBEY HALF WOKE AND FINDING HIMSELF ALONE SOUGHT HIS FATHER'S BOSOM THEN IN THE CONFUSION BETWEEN SLEEPING AND WAKING IMAGINED HIS FATHER'S DEATH COME AGAIN PRESENTLY HE REMEMBERED IT WAS IN SAMBO'S ARMS HE FELL ASLEEP BUT WHERE HE WAS NOW HE COULD NOT TELL CERTAINLY HE WAS NOT IN BED GROPING HE PUSHED A DOOR AND A GLIMMER OF LIGHT CAME IN
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