Chapter I: Preface

_I have meant to furnish a book that would serve for a Christmas present to Sunday-scholars, either from the school or from their teachers. I hope it is a story, however, appropriate to all seasons, and that it will enforce one of the most beautiful and one of the most frequently forgotten precepts of the Lord Jesus._

EDWARD EGGLESTON.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.

THE WALKING-STICK WALKS 11

CHAPTER II.

LONG-HEADED WILLIE 20

CHAPTER III.

THE WALKING-STICK A TALKING STICK 25

CHAPTER IV.

MR. BLAKE AGREES WITH THE WALKING-STICK 31

CHAPTER V.

THE FATHER PREACHES, THE SON PRACTICES 36

CHAPTER VI.

SIXTY-FIVE DOLLARS 39

CHAPTER VII.

THE WIDOW AND THE FATHERLESS 44

CHAPTER VIII.

SHARPS AND BETWEENS 51

CHAPTER IX.

THE ANGEL STAYS THE HAND 55

CHAPTER X.

TOMMY PUFFER 57

CHAPTER XI.

AN ODD PARTY 58

MR. BLAKE’S WALKING-STICK.