But presently everything was adjusted, and, deserting the carriage, the
shop, and everything else, the whole assemblage moved in procession on
the home of the Dennihans.
A few minutes later little Skeezucks, Jim, and the pup--all of them
looking from the window of the house--saw those three small caps of
red, and felt that New-Year's day had really come at last.
CHAPTER XVII
SKEEZUCKS GETS A NAME
When the three small girls, so rosy of cheek and so sparkling of eye,
confronted the grave little pilgrim he could only gaze upon them with
timid yearning as he clung to his doll and to old "Bruvver Jim." There
never had been in all his life a vision so beautiful. Old Jim himself
was affected almost as much as the quaint, wee man so quietly standing
at his side. Even Tintoretto was experiencing ecstasies heretofore
unknown in his youthful career.
Indeed, no one could have determined by any known system of calculation
whether Jim or tiny Skeezucks or the pup most enjoyed the coming of the
preacher and his family. Old Jim had certainly never before undergone
emotions so deeply stirring. Tintoretto had never before beheld four
youngsters affording such a wealth of opportunity for puppy-wise
manoeuvres; indeed, he had never before seen but one little playfellow
since his advent in the world.
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