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Title: And Thus He Came

Author: Cyrus Townsend Brady

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AND THUS HE CAME

A Christmas Fantasy

by

CYRUS TOWNSEND BRADY

Pictures by Walter B. Everett

G.P. Putnam's Sons
New York and London
The Knickerbocker Press

1916

[Illustration: "No, No," said the woman, "I can't go with you now."]

To the Beloved Memory
of
Little Betty

Contents

I.--THE BABY
II.--THE CHILD
III.--THE FRIEND
IV.--THE WORKMAN
V.--THE COMFORTER
VI.--THE BURDEN BEARER
VII.--THE THORN CROWNED
VIII.--THE BROKEN-HEARTED
IX.--THE FORGIVER OF SINS
X.--THE GIVER OF LIFE
XI.--THE STILLER OF THE STORM

Illustrations

"NO, NO," SAID THE WOMAN, "I CAN'T GO WITH YOU NOW" (Frontispiece)

AFTER A TIME SHE FELL DOWN ON HER KNEES. SHE PRESSED THEM AGAINST
HER FACE

SHE LAID HER HAND UPON THE KNOB OF THE CHURCH DOOR

"IT IS HE," WHISPERED THE PRIEST; "HIS SORROW WAS GREATER THAN MINE"

ABSOLVO TE

THE CRY FOR BREAD

I

The Baby

"A LITTLE CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM"

I

The Baby

The heavy perfume of rare blossoms, the wild strains of mad music, the
patter of flying feet, the murmur of speech, the ring of laughter,
filled the great hall. Now and again a pair of dancers, peculiarly
graceful and particularly daring, held the center of the floor for a
moment while the room rang with applause.

Into alcoves, screen