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BULGER'S FRIEND
the sting of disappointment in each
expectant little bosom, and watched
the light fade from their eyes.
There was to be no tree. Renuncia-
tion was no new thing to them; they
had been born to it. Still a few little
ones in whom hope died hard sobbed
aloud, and wan, wretched mothers
tried to hush and console them. A
kind of voiceless wail went among
them, scarcely a protest, rather the
ghost of a lament for the childhood's
pleasures they had never known.
The sergeant sat down and figured
cheerlessly with the stump of a pencil
upon the blank border of a news-
paper.
Bulger rose and shuffled out of the
room without ceremony, as was his
custom. He was heard fumbling in
the little room in the hallway, and
suddenly a thunderous roar broke
out, filling the whole building with4 1' I I Il I
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Henry, O., 1862-1910. O. Henryana, book, 1920; Garden City, New York. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth139325/m1/41/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Austin History Center, Austin Public Library.