The peddler burdened with his pack, trudging along, weary and footsore, holding his little motherless child by the hand, stops under a shading tree and bids the little girl, who is no less ... See full summary
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The peddler burdened with his pack, trudging along, weary and footsore, holding his little motherless child by the hand, stops under a shading tree and bids the little girl, who is no less tired than himself, to sit under the tree while he tries to dispose of his good, and he will return for her in a short time. The child falls asleep. The father, in crossing a roadway, is struck by an automobile and is taken to a hospital unconscious. The little girl awakens from her nap, and when she finds herself alone, begins to cry and starts running in a frightened daze, calling for her father. The children of a widow, a big-hearted farm wife, are playing under an old apple tree. The peddler's child is passing and is heard crying. One of the children hears her as he is standing on the ladder at the top of the wall, and he and his sister bring the poor child to their good mother and she takes the little one into her home as one of her own. The peddler recovers from his injuries, is discharged ...