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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. 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 GIBBE
th. Like animals better clad than he, yet like him able to endure cold, he revelled in mere heat when he could come by it. Sometimes he stood at the back of a baker’s oven, for he knew all the haunts of heat about the city; sometimes he buried himself in the sids (_husks of oats_) lying ready to feed the kiln of a meal-mill; sometimes he lay by the furnace of the steam-engine of the water-works. One man employed there, when his time was at night, always made a bed for Gibbie: he 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 Gibbie, and would only have laughed at the idea. They knew Gibbie’s merits better than any of those good people imagined his faults. R WHERE HE COULD FIND WARMTH LIKE ANIMALS BETTER CLAD THAN HE YET LIKE HIM ABLE TO ENDURE COLD HE REVELLED IN MERE HEAT WHEN HE COULD COME BY IT SOMETIMES HE STOOD AT THE BACK OF A BAKER'S OVEN FOR HE KNEW ALL THE HAUNTS OF HEAT ABOUT THE CITY SOMETIMES HE BURIED HIMSELF IN THE CIDS HUSKS OF OATS LYING READY TO FEED THE KILN OF A MEAL MILL SOMETIMES HE LAY BY THE FURNACE OF THE STEAM ENGINE OF THE WATERWORKS ONE MAN EMPLOYED THERE WHEN HIS TIME WAS AT NIGHT ALWAYS MADE A BED FOR GIBBEY HE 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
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