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Title: And Thus He Came

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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

William Babington Maxwell (18661938) was a British novelist. He was a son of novelist Mary Elizabeth Braddon. Though nearly 50 years old at the outbreak of the First World War, he was accepted as a lieutenant in the Royal Fusiliers and served in France until 1917.

Cyrus Townsend Brady (December 20, 1861 January 24, 1920) was a journalist, historian and adventure writer. His most well-known work is Indian Fights and Fighters. He was born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, and graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1883. He was also a deacon in the Episcopal church. His first wife was Clarissa Guthrie, who died in 1890. His second wife was Mary Barrett.

Rebecca Sophia Clarke (1833-1906), also known as Sophie May, was an American author of childrens fiction. Using her nieces and nephews as inspiration, she wrote realistic stories about children. She wrote 45 books between 1860 and 1903. The most popular being the Little Prudy books. She lived most of her life in her native town of Norridgewock, Maine, where she lived out her life with her sister, who was also a successful author.