Excerpt from No Man's Friend, Vol. 1 of 3 The father of the family in a ragged great coat, too small for him, but a world too wide, stalked on in advance, clutching a something to his breast, that looked like a wooden baby in a green baize bag; and glancing behind now and then at her who came more slowly in his wake, and whom he might be guiding by the Sparks which the wind blew across the dark ness from the Short pipe he held between his teeth. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.