The Bishop's Shadow

by

I.T. Thurston

Author of "Boys of the Central," "A Genuine Lady" etc.

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY M. ECKERSON

"This learned I from the shadow of a tree
That to and fro did sway upon a wall,
Our shadow selves--our influence--may fall
Where we can never be."

Contents

  1. Lost--A Pocketbook
  2. Nan's New Home
  3. An Accident
  4. Tode Meets the Bishop
  5. In the Bishop's House
  6. Tode's New Start
  7. After Tode's Departure
  8. Theo's Shadow Work
  9. Theo in Trouble
  10. A Bitter Disappointment
  11. Theo's New Business
  12. Nan Finds Friends
  13. Nan's Departure
  14. Theodore Gives Carrots a Chance
  15. A Strike
  16. Called to Go Up Higher
  17. Final Glimpses

List of Illustrations

  1. Theodore Bryan, Sign-Polisher
  2. "He's Awakin' Up, I Guess"
  3. Adrift Again
  4. "Oh, How Pretty,--How Pretty It Is!"
  5. "Stop the Car!"
  6. Thanksgiving Reunion

The Bishop's Shadow

[Illustration: Theodore Bryan, Sign-Polisher]

I. Lost--A Pocketbook

It was about ten o'clock in the morning and a northeast storm wasraging in Boston.

The narrow crooked business streets were slippery with mud andthronged with drays and wagons of every description, which, with thecontinual passing of the street cars, made it a difficult and often adangerous matter to attempt a crossing.

The rain came in sudden driving sheets, blotting out all but thenearest cars or vehicles, while the wind seemed to lie in wait atevery corner ready to spring forth and wrest umbrellas out of thehands of pedestrians at the most critical points in the crossings.

Two ladies coming along Causeway street by the Union Depot, waitedsome minutes on the sidewalk watching for an opening in the endlessstream of passing teams.

"There! We shan't have a better chance than this. Come on now," one ofthem exclaimed, stepping quickly for

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