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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. 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
en, everybody was good to him, and Gibbie felt it; but what could make up for the loss of his Paradise, the bosom of a father? Drunken father as he was, I know of nothing that can or ought to make up for such a loss, except that which can restore it--the bosom of the Father of fathers. He roamed the streets, as all his life before, the whole of the day, and part of the night; he took 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 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. SITIVELY OR NEGATIVELY THEN EVERYBODY WAS GOOD TO HIM AND GIBBEY FELT IT BUT WHAT COULD MAKE UP FOR THE LOSS OF HIS PARADISE THE BOSOM OF A FATHER DRUNKEN FATHER AS HE WAS I KNOW OF NOTHING THAT CAN OR OUGHT TO MAKE UP FOR SUCH A LOSS EXCEPT THAT WHICH CAN RESTORE IT THE BOSOM OF THE FATHER OF FATHERS HE ROAMED THE STREETS AS ALL HIS LIFE BEFORE THE WHOLE OF THE DAY AND PART OF THE NIGHT HE TOOK 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
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