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Horace had a brother; but he went to Manitoba years ago, and nobody knows where he is now. HORACE HAD A BROTHER BUT HE WENT TO MANITOBART YEARS AGO AND NOBODY KNOWS WHERE HE IS NOW
auction of a month ago, which Pa still lived over in happy dreams. Horace Garland and his wife had been poor. When they died within six weeks of each other, one of consumption and one of pneumonia, they left nothing but debts and a little furniture. The house had been a rented one. The bidding on the various poor articles of household gear put up for sale was not brisk, but had an element of resigned determination. Carmody people knew that these things had to be sold to pay the debts, and they could not be sold unless they were bought. Still, it was a very tame affair. A woman came out of the house carrying a baby of about eighteen months in her arms, and sat down on the bench beneath the window. ‚ÄúThere‚Äôs Marthy Blair with the Garland Baby,‚ÄĚ said Robert Lawson to Pa. ‚ÄúI‚Äôd like to know what‚Äôs to become of that poor young one!‚ÄĚ ‚ÄúAin‚Äôt there any of the father‚Äôs or mother‚Äôs folks to take him?‚ÄĚ asked Pa. ‚ÄúNo. Horace had no relatives that anybody ever heard of. Mrs. WAS VERY PALTORY EXCEPT ESPECIALLY WHEN COMPARED TO THE BIG DONALDSON AUCTION A MONTH AGO WHICH PA STILL LIVED OVER IN HAPPY DREAMS HORACE GARLAND AND HIS WIFE HAD BEEN POOR WHEN THEY DIED WITHIN SIX WEEKS OF EACH OTHER ONE OF CONSUMPTION AND ONE OF PNEUMONIA THEY LEFT NOTHING BUT DEBT AND A LITTLE FURNITURE THE HOUSE HAD BEEN A RENTED ONE THE BIDDING ON THE VARIOUS POORER ARTICLES OF HOUSEHOLD YEAR PUT UP FOR SALE WAS NOT BRISK BUT HAD AN ELEMENT OF RESIGNED DETERMINATION CARMODY PEOPLE KNOWS THESE THINGS HAD TO BE SOLD TO PAY THE DEBT AND THEY COULD NOT BE SOLD UNLESS THEY WERE BOUGHT STILL IT WAS A VERY TAME AFFAIR A WOMAN CAME OUT OF THE HOUSE CARRYING A BABY OF VOTE EIGHTEEN MONTHS IN HER ARMS AND SAT DOWN ON THE BENCH BESIDE THE WINDOW THERE'S MARTHY BLAIR WAS THE GARLAND BABY SAID ROBERT LAWSON PAPA I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT'S TO BECOME OF THIS POOR YOUNG ONE AIN'T THERE ANY OF THE FATHER OR MOTHER FOLKS TO TAKE EM ASKED PA NO HORSEHEAD NO RELATIVES THAT ANYBODY EVER HEARD OF MISSUS
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