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The Subject Continued

           

           Rawdonboughttheboyplentyofpicture-booksandcrammedhisnurserywithtoys.Itswallswerecoveredwithpicturespastedupbythefather’sownhandandpurchasedbyhimforreadymoney.WhenhewasoffdutywithMrs.Rawdoninthepark,hewouldsituphere,passinghourswiththeboy;whorodeonhischest,whopulledhisgreatmustachiosasiftheyweredriving-reins,andspentdayswithhiminindefatigablegambols.Theroomwasalowroom,andonce,whenthechildwasnotfiveyearsold,hisfather,whowastossinghimwildlyupinhisarms,hitthepoorlittlechap’sskullsoviolentlyagainsttheceilingthathealmostdroppedthechild,soterrifiedwasheatthedisaster.

           Rawdonminorhadmadeuphisfaceforatremendoushowltheseverityoftheblowindeedauthorizedthatindulgence;butjustashewasgoingtobegin,thefatherinterposed.

           "ForGod’ssake,Rawdy,don’twakeMamma,"hecried.Andthechild,lookinginaveryhardandpiteouswayathisfather,bithislips,clenchedhishands,anddidn’tcryabit.Rawdontoldthatstoryattheclubs,atthemess,toeverybodyintown."ByGad,sir,"heexplainedtothepublicingeneral,"whatagoodpluckedonethatboyofmineiswhatatrumpheis!Ihalf-senthisheadthroughtheceiling,byGad,andhewouldn’tcryforfearofdisturbinghismother."

           Sometimesonceortwiceinaweekthatladyvisitedtheupperregionsinwhichthechildlived.

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