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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. 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
nce 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. The first was the peculiar faculty now pretty generally known--his 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. ES 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 THE FIRST WAS A PECULIAR FACULTY NOW PRETTY 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
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