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What became of them after that, Gibbie never knew. If they did not find their owners, neither did they find their way back to Gibbie; if their owners were found, the crier never communicated with him on the subject. WHAT BECAME OF THEM AFTER THAT GIBBEY NEVER KNEW IF THEY DID NOT FIND THEIR OWNERS NEITHER DID THEY FIND THEIR WAY BACK TO GIBBEY IF THEIR OWNERS WERE FOUND THE CRIER NEVER COMMUNICATED WITH HIM ON THE SUBJECT
great gift, some, his great luck, others called it--for finding things lost. It was no wonder the town crier had sought his acquaintance, and when secured, had cultivated it--neither a difficult task; for the boy, ever since he could remember, had been in the habit, as often as he saw the crier, or heard his tuck of drum in the distance, of joining him and following, until he had acquainted himself with all particulars concerning everything proclaimed as missing. The moment he had mastered the facts announced, he would dart away to search, and not unfrequently to return with the thing sought. But it was not by any means only things sought that he found. He continued to come upon things of which he had no simulacrum in his phantasy. These, having no longer a father to carry them to, he now, their owners unknown, took to the crier, who always pretended to receive them with a suspicion which Gibbie understood as little as the other really felt, and at once advertised them by drum and cry. RETTY GENERALLY KNOWN HIS GREAT GIFT SOME HIS GREAT LOT OTHERS CALLED IT FOR FINDING THINGS LOST IT WAS NO WONDER THE TOWN CRIER HAD SOUGHT HIS ACQUAINTANCE AND WHEN SECURED HAD CULTIVATED IT NEITHER A DIFFICULT TASK FOR THE BOY EVER SINCE HE COULD REMEMBER HAD BEEN IN THE HABIT AS OFTEN AS HE SAW THE CRIER OR HEARD HIS TUCK OF DRUM IN THE DISTANCE OF JOINING HIM AND FOLLOWING UNTIL HE HAD ACQUAINTED HIMSELF WITH ALL PARTICULARS CONCERNING EVERYTHING PROCLAIMED HIS MISSING THE MOMENT HE HAD MASTERED THE FACTS ANNOUNCED HE WOULD DART AWAY TO SEARCH AND NOT UNFREQUENTLY TO RETURN WITH THE THING SOUGHT BUT IT WAS NOT BY ANY MEANS ONLY THINGS SOUGHT THAT HE FOUND HE CONTINUED TO COME UPON THINGS OF WHICH HE HAD NO SIMULATE CRAM IN HIS FANTASY THESE HAVING NO LONGER A FATHER TO CARRY THEM TO HE NOW THEIR OWNERS UNKNOWN TOOK TO THE CRIER WHO ALWAYS PRETENDED TO RECEIVE THEM WITH A SUSPICION WHICH GIBBEY UNDERSTOOD AS LITTLE AS THE OTHER REALLY FELT AND AT ONCE ADVERTISED THEM BY DRUM AND CRY
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