brought to my little Raoul. I want him
to find them here, when he awakens, and to share them with Zidore, who
will henceforth be his playmate and friend. You'll trust me now, won't
you? I'll take care both of Zidore and of you, and then I shall ever
remain in your debt, for not only have you found my boy, but you have
also reminded me, who am rich and lived only for myself, that there are
other poor who need to be looked after. I swear by these two sleeping
children, I won't forget them any longer."

Such is the miracle which happened on the 24th of December of last year,
ladies and gentlemen, at Paris, in the full flow of modern egotism. It
doesn't sound likely--that I own; and I am compelled to attribute this
miraculous event to the influence of the Divine Child who came down to
earth nearly nineteen centuries ago to command men to love one another.

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