INDEX
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | The Artist | [9] |
| II. | The Sorrow Sea | [22] |
| III. | The Big Wave | [32] |
A
LITTLE CHILD
Chapter I
THE ARTIST
He stood with bare feet planted well apart in the sand, working his toes down comfortably into its moist warmth and regarding Graham as though he were a poor riddle. His cotton blouse, open at the throat, showed a strong, shapely little neck. One brown hand grasped a battered tin pail, the other a wooden spade.
Gilbert Graham drew out pad and pencil and made a rapid sketch. The child’s clear gaze remained fixed on his face while he worked. When the drawing was finished, the artist thrust it carelessly into his coat pocket and resumed his gloomy inspection of the ocean.
“What did you do then?” demanded seven-year-old curiosity.
“Earned another slice of bread and butter; though why I should earn it, or eat it when it is earned, is more than I know.”