Little King Davie

IT was a cold uncomfortable evening in January. Certainly the frost of the last few days had broken up, but the raw chilliness that had come with the thaw was far more unpleasan...

ALL day long Davie had swept a crossing in Harley Street—he knew better than to sweep in a neighbourhood where the inhabitants were not rich—and in that long day's work had only...

AND now Davie, instead of being below, was above the heads of most of the congregation, and from his little dark corner under the gallery had a capital view of the whole scene—o...

IT seemed to Davie that he had been sleeping a very long while, and that from time to time he had awakened to find himself in a strange place with strange people about him. Grad...

THE next day, in the early part of the afternoon, Davie had a visit from his mother. He cried a little when first he saw her, he could not help that, but he quickly brightened u...

SIX weeks had passed away, and Davie was still in the hospital. He had not at first made the rapid improvement that the doctors had anticipated. After a while, however, he had m...

IT was dusk, and Davie was lying restless and in pain upon his bed. He had not been so well ever since that talk with the doctor, when he told him of his wish. The doctor saw ho...

FROM the hospital, Davie was sent to a Children's Convalescent Home, a few miles distant from London. Never before had he been in such a place, and he was very happy there. It s...

THE next morning, Davie again pleaded to be allowed to go forth with broom in hand to his old quarters in Harley Street. His mother, however, would not hear of it, nor would she...