The Strand Magazine

The Strand Magazine, Vol. 01, Issue 02, February 1891 An Illustrated Monthly

Various; Newnes, George, 1851-1910 [Editor]· 2 chapters· 36,865 words

The child's face beamed with expectation. He raised himself upon his mother's arm, and turned his head towards the two men as they entered. Who was the gentleman in an overcoat beside his father, who smiled good-naturedly, but whom he did not know? "Slap-bang," they told him....

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2. CHAPTER IV.

When the doctor called that day, he found, sitting beside the little patient's pillow, a white-faced clown, who kept him in a constant ripple of laughter, and who was observing,...

1. CHAPTER III.

The child's face beamed with expectation. He raised himself upon his mother's arm, and turned his head towards the two men as they entered. Who was the gentleman in an overcoat...