. Jackanapes. with illus. by Randolph Caldecott. ose it;and whosoever will lose his life for My sake shall find it;and all the village went and wept to hear him. Nor did Miss Jessamine see her loss from the Cobblerspoint of view, On the contrary, Mrs. Johnson said shenever to her dying day should forget how, when she wentto condole with her, the old lady came forward, withgentlewomanly self-control, and kissed her, and thankedGod that her dear nephews effort had been blessed with 44 LOLLO THE FIRST. success, and that this sad war had made no gap in herfriends large and happy home circle. But s
. Jackanapes. with illus. by Randolph Caldecott. ose it;and whosoever will lose his life for My sake shall find it;and all the village went and wept to hear him. Nor did Miss Jessamine see her loss from the Cobblerspoint of view, On the contrary, Mrs. Johnson said shenever to her dying day should forget how, when she wentto condole with her, the old lady came forward, withgentlewomanly self-control, and kissed her, and thankedGod that her dear nephews effort had been blessed with 44 LOLLO THE FIRST. success, and that this sad war had made no gap in herfriends large and happy home circle. But shes a noble, unselfish woman/ sobbed , and she taught Jackanapes to be the same, andthats how it is that my Tony has been spared to it must be sheer goodness in Miss Jessamine, for whatcan she know of a mothers feelings ? And Im sure mostpeople seem to think that if youve a large family youdont know one from another any more than they do, andthat a lot of children are like a lot of store-apples, if onestaken it wont be ^-v- ~-4/sS Lollo—the first Lollo, the Gipsys Lollo—very aged,draws Miss Jessamines bath-chair slowly up and down theGoose Green in the sunshine. The Ex-postman walks beside him, which Lollotolerates to the level of his shoulder. If the Postmanadvances any nearer to his head, Lollo quickens his pace,and were the Postman to persist in the injudicious attempt, A TALE OF A TWOPENNY TRUMPET. 45 there is, as Miss Jessamine says, no knowing what mighthappen. In the opinion of the Goose Green, Miss Jessamine hasborne her troubles wonderfully. Indeed, to-day, someof the less delicate and less intimate of those who seeeverything from the upper windows, say (well behind herback) that the old lady seems quite lively with her mili-tary beaux again. The meaning of this is, that Captain Johnson is leaningover one side of her chair, whilst by the other bends abrother officer who is -staying with him, and who has mani-fested an extraordinary i
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