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HOW SHE ACQUIRED THE NAME OF BLADE-O'-GRASS.
MR. MERRYWHISTLE RELIEVES HIMSELF ON THE SUBJECT OF INDISCRIMINATE CHARITY.
MR. MERRYWHISTLE MEETS THE QUEER LITTLE OLD MAN.
JIMMY VIRTUE INTRODUCES MR. MERRYWHISTLE TO HIS PLACE OF BUSINESS.
THE STRANGE IDEA OF HALLELUJAH ENTERTAINED BY BLADE-O'-GRASS.
ROBERT TRUEFIT ALLOWS HIS FEELINGS TO MASTER HIM.
I. THROUGH COUNTRY ROADS TO SOME GREEN PLEASANT SPOT.
III. THEY LISTENED WITH ALMOST BREATHLESS ATTENTION TO EVERY WORD THAT FELL FROM HER LIPS.
IV. FOR MERCY'S SAKE, TELL ME! WHOSE VOICE WAS IT I HEARD JUST NOW?
V. YOU'RE A PARSON, SIR, AND I PUT IT TO YOU. WHAT DO _YOU_ SAY TO PARTING MOTHER AND CHILD?
VIII. THIS 'ERE FREE AND 'LIGHTENED COUNTRY OF OUR'N'S CRAMMED FULL O' TEMPLES O' LIBERTY.
IX. OPEN YOUR EYES, BABY! SPEAK TO ME! LOOK AT MOTHER, MY LIFE!
XI. ONCE UPON A TIME THERE LIVED ON AN ISLAND----
XII. IN THE DIM TWILIGHT OF THAT HOLY DAY.
XIII. HIS SOUL IS IN YOUR HANDS TO SAVE AND PURIFY!
XIV. IT IS SUNRISE. A GOLDEN MIST IS RISING FROM THE WATERS.
AND SO THE LAD GOES ON WITH HIS BESSIE AND HIS BESSIE, UNTIL ONE WOULD THINK HE HAS NEVER A MOTHER IN THE WORLD.
IF I DID NOT LOVE HER, I WOULD NOT GO AWAY.
WITH THE DAWNING OF A NEW YEAR, BEGIN A NEW LIFE.
TOTTIE IS READY TO TEAR OLD BEN SPARROW LIMB FROM LIMB.
I CAN SEE YOU NOW, KISSING HER LITTLE TOES.
ONE KISS FOR HOPE, ONE FOR FAITH, AND ONE FOR LOVE.
YOU ALONE, AND MY MOTHER, ARE TRUE; ALL THE REST OF THE WORLD IS FALSE.
THEY SAW, UPON ONE OF THE NEAREST PEAKS, A MAN STANDING, WITH SUNSET COLOURS ALL AROUND HIM.
MORE PRECIOUS THAN GOLD, PURER THAN DIAMONDS, ARE THESE SWEET AND DELICATE WAYS.
WELL, MOTHER, DO YOU WANT ANY WASHING DONE?
SOFTLY, SWEETLY, PROCEEDS THE HYMN OF HOME.
[Frontispiece: "She grew to love these emerald leaves."]
B. L. FARJEON, AUTHOR OF "GRIF," "JOSHUA MARVEL," AND "LONDON'S HEART."
LONDON: TINSLEY BROTHERS, 8, CATHERINE STREET, STRAND. 1874. [_All Rights reserved_.]
By B. L. FARJEON, AUTHOR OF 'GRIF' and 'JOSHUA MARVEL.'