02753cam a22004093u 4500 76173 UtSlPG 20260610134749.0 m cr n 260607r20251889utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 PZ Lyster, Annette, 1831-1908 Footprints Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2025 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Release date is 2025-05-28 "Footprints : A story of the snow by Annette Lyster" is a Victorian-era children's moral novella, likely written in the late 19th century. Set on a Devonshire farm during a rare deep snowfall, it uses the snow—and the footprints it preserves and reveals—as a symbolic and literal means to uncover truth, explore guilt, and affirm repentance and forgiveness within a family. During a snowbound winter, the Marlowe children delight in outdoor play while their elderly kinsman Jasper grows agitated and resolves to tell a long-concealed story. He recounts his youth as Jasper Helps, adopted alongside the generous Harry Franks by stern Hugh Marlowe, and his jealous slide into debt and bad company. Persuaded by a rogue named Harper, Jasper enables a midnight theft from the household bureau; Harper kills the beloved sheepdog, and circumstantial signs point to innocent Harry, who is jailed. A thaw later re-exposes earlier footprints in the snow, tracing Jasper’s and Harper’s movements and proving Harry’s innocence, though Jasper has already fled and fallen ill before eventually being found, forgiven, and restored through Harry’s steadfast kindness. In the present, Jasper confesses everything to the children during the storm; when the thaw returns, he dies quietly, leaving them a clear lesson about pride, truth, and the mercy that follows honest repentance. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Originally published: London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1889 Christian life -- Juvenile fiction Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction Children -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction Family -- Juvenile fiction Siblings -- Juvenile fiction Uncles -- Juvenile fiction Farmers -- Juvenile fiction Missing children -- Juvenile fiction Courage -- Juvenile fiction Theft -- Juvenile fiction Nash, J. (Joseph), -1922 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76173 116898 116898