Word: childe
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Meanwhile the child, who was so small that even Mr. Metcalf's modest bundles were more than he could conveniently carry, was trudging laboriously through the snow, wishing himself at home, and thinking that his mother would worry over his absence. She had long hesitated about sending him forth; but, being in absolute need of food, she had suffered the child to go. And now he was thoughtful enough to remember her anxiety...
...stiff, and several times he fell headlong, spilling his bundles and their contents. Then, wearied out with his fruitless endeavors, he resigned all hope and began to cry. It was this that attracted the notice of the stranger, floundering about in the drifts a hundred feet away. Then the child felt himself lifted from the ground by a strong arm and heard a cheerful voice saying, "It's all right; we'll soon be at home. Oh, never mind the bundles...
...help the poor woman, how she has suffered! Jacob Hannam, there's an indictment against you! Come, child...
Some people may think that "peace on earth, good-will to men" ought to come to the poorest, on one sacred night, even if a little child wander through the darkness and the storm to find...
...noticed that they did not wear that look of ineffable sweetness that had been so marked before. They looked cold; I thought even a little severe. "The poor child," I said, "she takes it much to heart. She's really quite enraged at these intruders who so unconsciously disturbed our charming vis-a-vis. I'll have to cheer her." And thereupon I concentrated all the amiability of my naturally lovely disposition into one enchanting, bewitching smile, and cast it full into her face...