PROJECT ASHABI
African Stories. Limitless Worlds.
PROJECT ASHABI
African Stories. Limitless Worlds.

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_Author of "Boys of the Central," "A Genuine Lady" etc._
"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."
XIV. THEODORE GIVES CARROTS A CHANCE
"OH, HOW PRETTY,--HOW PRETTY IT IS!"
[Illustration: Theodore Bryan, Sign-Polisher]
It was about ten o'clock in the morning and a northeast storm was raging in Boston.
The narrow crooked business streets were slippery with mud and thronged with drays and wagons of every description, which, with the continual passing of the street cars, made it a difficult and often a dangerous matter to attempt a crossing.

Arthur Conan Doyle