noon
He could not work that next morning , but he wanted somebody else to share his happiness , and so to all the sick and shut-in ones in the two houses , he carried some little gift . It was his thank-offering , though he did not know it . Small gifts they were , all -- a flower to one , a newspaper to another , some oranges to a sick woman , an extra loaf to a hard-working mother -- little things all , but given in the name of the Great Captain though His Name was not once mentioned . So , many kindly thoughts followed the boy when , at noon , he went once more through the streets toward the bishop 's house . Theodore 's face had little of beauty , but the glance of his grey eyes was honest and true . He was able now to possess two suits and he wore his best one with the clean linen and the new tie . Many a mother might have been proud that day to call this boy of the streets , her son .