Blind Tim, and other Christmas stories written for children

Already the room had become comparatively quiet. The bustle of closing Sunday School as the children were hastening to the door was succeeded by a surprising stillness. The teac...

Toward school time a group of boys hurrying by on the way to the school room, caught sight of Tim in the sunshine on the steps. One of them called out:

“Oh, pshaw! Boy’s trick,” was his instant declaration. But he called up the police station by telephone. No boy of such a name had been arrested. He was smiling scornfully as he...

It was a bright Saturday morning. The sun shone down from a clear sky, and as its glowing ball hung mideast, the rays beat with steady cheer along the gray line of asphalt pavem...

In the days that followed, the shades were drawn low in the pleasant cottage home that had sheltered little Tim all his days. One of the dogs, which was inclined to be noisy, an...