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    And Thus He Came
    And Thus He Came
    And Thus He Came
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    And Thus He Came

    By William Townsend Brady

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    Christmas is the most famous holiday of the year, and the word itself evokes images of Santa Claus, reindeer, snow, Christmas trees, egg nog and more. At the same time, it represents Christianity's most important event, the birth of the baby Jesus. Instantly, well known Christmas carols ring in your ears, pictures of the Nativity Scene become ubiquitous, or maybe you even picture nutcrackers or Scrooge and Tiny Tim.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCharles River Editors
    Release dateMar 22, 2018
    ISBN9781614304029
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      And Thus He Came - William Townsend Brady

      And Thus He Came

      No, No, said the woman, I can’t go with you now.

      I - The Baby

      A LITTLE CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM

      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, screened and flower-decked, couples wandered. In the dancing-space hands were clasped, bosoms rose and fell, hearts throbbed, pulses beat, and moving bodies kept time to rhythmic sound.

      Suddenly the music stopped, the conversation ceased, the laughter died away. Almost, as it were, poised in the air, the dancers stood amazed. One looked to another in surprise. Something stole throughout the room which was neither music, nor lights, nor fragrance, but which was life—a presence!

      Do you see that child? asked the wildest of the dancers of her escort. There, she pointed. He looks like a very little boy.

      I see nothing, said the man, who still held her in the clasp of his arm.

      He is strangely dressed, although I see him indistinctly, vaguely, whispered the woman. He wears a long white robe and there is a kind of light about his face. See, he is looking at us.

      I see nothing, repeated the man in low tones. The heat, the light, the music, have disturbed you; let me get you—

      I want nothing, interposed the woman, waving the man aside and drawing away from his arm. Don’t you see him, there?

      She made a step toward the center of the room. She stopped, put her hand to her head.

      Why, he is gone, she exclaimed.

      Good, said the man, while at that instant the room suddenly rang with cries: Go on with the music, the dance is not half over. He extended his arm to the woman again. Our dance is not finished.

      Yes, it is, she said as the flying feet once more twinkled across the polished floor, as everybody took a long breath and a new start apparently unconscious of the pause.

      It is over for me. What I saw!

      What did you see?

      I don’t know, but I’m going back home to my child. Good-night.

      Yes, the music had stopped suddenly. The man in the farthest alcove turned to his companion. They were hidden by a group of palms.

      I wonder why? queried the woman. She was

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