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The Child-Angel

slight wear, foxing.

New York: Anson D.F. Randolph, 1860. 16 pp. Printed soft cover, full text, originally printed in The Mother's Journal.
The religious story of sweet little three year old Antoinette who befriends Loose Ben, the sixteen year old slouching, dirty fire-maker at the Nelson Hotel. Antoinette asks Ben if she loves and prays to God. He responds yes but later confesses that he lied and until that morning did not. Ben has a change of heart. Little Antoinette is then spoken of as in her coffin and covered in roses when Ben finds her again.
4 1/4" x 2 3/4"

Price: $50.00

Item #20128101