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The first was the peculiar faculty now pretty generally known  his great gift, some, his great luck, others called it  for finding things lost. THE FIRST WAS A PECULIAR FACULTY NOW PRETTY GENERALLY KNOWN HIS GREAT GIFT SOME HIS GREAT LOT OTHERS CALLED IT FOR FINDING THINGS LOST
ild, and this one of nobody’s was a comfort to him. Even those who looked upon wandering as wicked, only scolded into the sweet upturned face, pouring gall into a cup of wine too full to receive a drop of it--and did not hand him over to the police. Useless verily that would have been, for the police would as soon have thought of taking up a town sparrow as Gibbie, and would only have laughed at the idea. They knew Gibbie’s merits better than any of those good people imagined his faults. It requires either wisdom or large experience to know that a child is not necessarily wicked even if born and brought up in a far viler _entourage_ than was Gibbie. The merits the police recognized in him were mainly two--neither of small consequence in their eyes; the first, the negative, yet more important one, that of utter harmlessness; the second, and positive one--a passion and power for rendering help, taking notable shape chiefly in two ways, upon both of which I have already more than touched. HAD LOST HIS OWN ONLY CHILD AND THIS ONE OF NOBODY'S WAS A COMFORT TO HIM EVEN THOSE WHO LOOKED UPON WANDERING AS WICKED ONLY SCOLDED INTO THE SWEET UPTURNED FACE POURING GALL INTO A CUP OF WINE TOO FULL TO RECEIVE A DROP OF IT AND DID NOT HAND HIM OVER TO THE POLICE USELESS VERILY THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN FOR THE POLICE WOULD AS SOON HAVE THOUGHT OF TAKING UP A TOWN SPARROW AS GIBBEY AND WOULD ONLY HAVE LAUGHED AT THE IDEA THEY KNEW GIBBEY'S MERITS BETTER THAN ANY OF THOSE GOOD PEOPLE IMAGINED HIS FAULTS IT REQUIRES EITHER WISDOM OR LARGE EXPERIENCE TO KNOW THAT A CHILD IS NOT NECESSARILY WICKED EVEN IF BORN AND BROUGHT UP IN A FIREPILER AUNTERAGE THAN WAS GIBBEY THE MERITS THE POLICE RECOGNIZED IN HIM WERE MAINLY TWO NEITHER OF SMALL CONSEQUENCE IN THEIR EYES THE FIRST THE NEGATIVE YET MORE IMPORTANT ONE THAT OF UTTER HARMLESSNESS THE SECOND AND POSITIVE ONE A PASSION AND POWER FOR RENDERING HELP TAKING NOTABLE SHAPE CHIEFLY IN TWO WAYS UPON BOTH OF WHICH I HAVE ALREADY MORE THAN TOUCHED
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