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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. 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
in it of the child, because he would not, even if convinced of the fact, recognize the gain; but I venture the assertion to him, that the conduct of not one of its inhabitants was the worse for the example of Gibbie’s apparent idleness; and that not one of the poor women who now and then presented the small baronet with a penny, or a bit of bread, or a scrap of meat, or a pair of old trousers--shoes nobody gave him, and he neither desired nor needed any--ever felt the poorer for the gift, or complained that she should be so taxed. Positively or negatively, then, 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. TLE MERRIER FOR THE PRESENCE IN IT OF THE CHILD BECAUSE HE WOULD NOT EVEN IF CONVINCED OF THE FACT RECOGNIZE THE GAME BUT I VENTURED THE ASSERTION TO HIM THAT THE CONDUCT OF NOT ONE OF ITS INHABITANTS WAS THE WORSE FOR THE EXAMPLE OF GIBBEY'S APPARENT IDLENESS AND THAT NOT ONE OF THE POOR WOMEN WHO NOW AND THEN PRESENTED THE SMALL BARONET WITH A PENNY OR A BIT OF BREAD OR A SCRAP OF MEAD OR A PAIR OF OLD TROUSERS SHOES NOBODY GAVE HIM AND HE NEITHER DESIRED NOR NEEDED ANY EVER FELT THE POORER FOR THE GIFT OR COMPLAINED THAT SHE SHOULD BE SO TAXED POSITIVELY 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
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