This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1891 edition. Excerpt: ... as the company separated for the night, " but I could n't hypnotize that boy at all. He told the truth naturally and of his own volition. Very different from the rest of you." OTHER TALES. THE BUNCO-STEERER'S CHRISTMAS. In A Neat But Humble ROOM on the east side of the city, Mary Sawdust sat with her sewing ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1891 edition. Excerpt: ... as the company separated for the night, " but I could n't hypnotize that boy at all. He told the truth naturally and of his own volition. Very different from the rest of you." OTHER TALES. THE BUNCO-STEERER'S CHRISTMAS. In A Neat But Humble ROOM on the east side of the city, Mary Sawdust sat with her sewing on her lap, and her children playing on the floor beside her. There were traces of tears on her young face, and a quiver in her lip as she diligently plied her needle, for it lacked but two days of Christmas, and she had no money with which to buy presents for her little ones. " Mama," said little Ethel, suddenly, placing her hand on her mother's knee, " do you think kind Papa has caught a sucker on the Bridge to-day?" "I do not know, darling," replied Mary Sawdust; " we must hope for the best; but if he has, he will work hjm for all he is worth." She turned to her work again with a deep sigh, and little Ethel ran.off to join her brother Willie in a merry game of " Catch the Jay." It was late when Henry Sawdust returned to his home, wearied with his hard day's work on the Brooklyn Bridge. As he hung his dinner pail on its accustomed hook, and threw himself into a chair, his faithful wife noticed that his cheeks wore a hectic flush, while there was a strange glitter in his eyes. "It is nothing," he said; "it will pass off." But the next morning he awoke in a raging fever, and poor Mary Sawdust realized that her Christmas was likely to be a sadder one than she had looked forward to. "You must be very quiet to-day, little ones," said she to her children, "for Papa is very sick, and I can not leave his bedside." Little Willie was still and thoughtful for some time after his mother left, the room. Then he said softly to his sister: " I wish I were...
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