Slide set: Father, come home! (story: Chatham Pexton, 40 slides, 1893)

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Slide 1

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Slide 2

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Slide 3

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Slide 4

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Slide 5

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Slide 6

'Why, my man, what is the matter?'

Slide 7

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Slide 8

'I ain't afraid o' you hurting of me'

Slide 9**

Dr Donald stripped the walls of the paper

Slide 10

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Slide 11

'All right, Robby, there's soap and towel'

Slide 12

'Robby, do you know what God says?'

Slide 13

She's got no mother, poor little mite

Slide 14**

The demon Drink left his seal upon him

Slide 15**

The father took the child

Slide 16

Robby pulled out a bright, new half-crown

Slide 17

Robby's father with his boon companions

Slide 18

The boy gave a great gasping sigh

Slide 19

Stunned and bruised, the boy lay still

Slide 20**

'Hepsy, do I look nice for the doctor?'

Slide 21**

'Oh, great, holy God! it's all true'

Slide 22**

'Oh, Robby, they're real flowers!'

Slide 23**

'Please God, me and Goldie says, 'thank you!''

Slide 24

Dr Donald took the wasted hand in his

Slide 25

'Now I want you to try some grapes'

Slide 26

The doctor turned away, and prepared some medicine

Slide 27

Goldie turned her face to the wall

Slide 28

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Slide 29

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Slide 30**

A fair, bright child was seated beside her

Slide 31

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Slide 32

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Slide 33

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Slide 34

'I say mate,' said the man

Slide 35

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Slide 36

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Slide 37

'Goldie, speak to father!'

Slide 38

Goldie's father seized with a long illness

Slide 39

Sometimes he would rush away to his room

Slide 40

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** there are alternative versions or views of this slide

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1

It wasn't the sun's fault

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2

Robby sprung up and opened the door

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3

'Well, what have you been doing, Goldie?'

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4

Robby drew the table up to the bedside

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5

Robby tired out with his day's work

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6

'Why, my man, what is the matter?'

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7

'Miserable cowards!'

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8

'I ain't afraid o' you hurting of me'

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9

Dr Donald stripped the walls of the paper

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10

'I'll never say white hands are no use again'

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11

'All right, Robby, there's soap and towel'

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12

'Robby, do you know what God says?'

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13

She's got no mother, poor little mite

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14

The demon Drink left his seal upon him

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15

The father took the child

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16

Robby pulled out a bright, new half-crown

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17

Robby's father with his boon companions

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18

The boy gave a great gasping sigh

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19

Stunned and bruised, the boy lay still

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20

'Hepsy, do I look nice for the doctor?'

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21

'Oh, great, holy God! it's all true'

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22

'Oh, Robby, they're real flowers!'

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23

'Please God, me and Goldie says, 'thank you!''

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24

Dr Donald took the wasted hand in his

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25

'Now I want you to try some grapes'

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26

The doctor turned away, and prepared some medicine

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27

Goldie turned her face to the wall

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28

'As for you, my man,' said the doctor

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29

Then the doctor stood up, Bible in hand

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30

A fair, bright child was seated beside her

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31

'I think Katie has done you good'

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32

An open carriage might have been seen

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33

'You'll stay with me to-night, father?'

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34

'I say mate,' said the man

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35

Mrs Brown took up an armful of work

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36

One by one they went to the dying child

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37

'Goldie, speak to father!'

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38

Goldie's father seized with a long illness

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39

Sometimes he would rush away to his room

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40

'See! there she is in the porch now'

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Lucerna ID 3003065

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 14 March 2024

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