Konrad Nirlanger, Cuddler-in-chief and
Authority on the Subject of Bennie's Bed-time; Mr. Blackie
Griffith, Good Angel, General Cut-up and Monitor off'n
Bennie's Neckties and Toys; Dr. Ernst von Gerhard, Chief
Medical Adviser, and Sweller of the Exchequer, with the
Privilege of Selecting All Candies. Members of the
corporation meet with great frequency evenings and Sundays,
much to the detriment of a certain Book-in-the-making with
which Dawn O'Hara Orme was wont to struggle o' evenings.
Bennie had been one of those little tragedies that
find their way into juvenile court. Bennie's story was
common enough, but Bennie himself had been different.
Ten minutes after his first appearance in the court room
everyone, from the big, bald judge to the newest
probation officer, had fallen in love with him. Somehow,
you wanted to smooth the hair from his forehead, tip his
pale little face upward, and very gently kiss his smooth,
white brow. Which alone was enough to distinguish
Bennie, for Juvenile court children, as a rule, are
distinctly not kissable.
Bennie's mother was accused of being unfit to care
for her boy, and Bennie was temporarily installed in the
Detention Home.
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