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‚ÄĚ Pa Sloane drove back home, with the sorrel mare still unshod, the baby, and the baby‚Äôs meager bundle of clothes. The baby did not trouble him much; it had become well used to strangers in the past two months, and promptly fell asleep on his arm; but Pa Sloane did not enjoy that drive; at the end of it he mentally saw Ma Sloane. Ma was there, too, waiting for him on the back door step as he drove into the yard at sunset. PUSLON DROVE HOME WITH SOIL MARE STILL AND SHEWED THE BABY AND THE BABY'S MANGER BUNDLE OF CLOTHES THE BABY DID NOT TROUBLE HIM MUCH IT HAD BECOME WELL USED TO STRANGERS IN THE PAST TWO MONTHS AND PROMPTLY FELL ASLEEP IN HIS ARMS BUT PASLON DID NOT ENJOY THAT DRIVE AT THE AND HE MENTALLY SAW MAS ALONE MAMMA WAS THERE WAITING FOR HIM ON THE BACK DOORSTEP AS HE DROVE INTO THE YARD AT SUNSET
arke should not be victor again. ‚ÄúTen,‚ÄĚ he called shrilly. ‚ÄúFifteen,‚ÄĚ shouted Clarke. ‚ÄúTwenty,‚ÄĚ vociferated Pa. ‚ÄúTwenty-five,‚ÄĚ bellowed Clarke. ‚ÄúThirty,‚ÄĚ shrieked Pa. He nearly bust a blood-vessel in his shrieking, but he had won. Clarke turned off with a laugh and a shrug, and the baby was knocked down to Pa Sloane by the auctioneer, who had meanwhile been keeping the crowd in roars of laughter by a quick fire of witticisms. There had not been such fun at an auction in Carmody for many a long day. Pa Sloane came, or was pushed, forward. The baby was put into his arms; he realized that he was expected to keep it, and he was too dazed to refuse; besides, his heart went out to the child. The auctioneer looked doubtfully at the money which Pa laid mutely down. ‚ÄúI s‚Äôpose that part was only a joke,‚ÄĚ he said. ‚ÄúNot a bit of it,‚ÄĚ said Robert Lawson. ‚ÄúAll the money won‚Äôt be too much to pay the debts. There‚Äôs a doctor‚Äôs bill, and this will just about pay it. SLOANE AND SOON HE FORGOT WHAT HE WAS BIDDING FOR HE FORGOT EVERYTHING EXCEPT DETERMINATION THAT JOHN CLARK SHOULD NOT BE VICTOR AGAIN TEN HE CALLED SHRILLY FIFTEEN SHOT O'CLOCK PLENTY VOCIFERGATED PA TWENTY FIVE BELLA CLARK THIRTY SHRIEKED PA HE NEARLY BUST THE BLOOD VESSEL IN HIS SHRIEKING BUT HE HAD ONE QUICK TURNED OFF WITH A LAUGH AND SHRUG AND THE BABY WAS KNOCKED DOWN TO PASLON BY THE AUCTIONEER WHO MEANWHILE HAD BEEN KEEPING THE CROWDED LOISE OF BLACK LAUGHTER A QUICK FIRE OF WITTICISMS THERE HAD NOT BEEN SET UPON AN AUCTION IN CARMODY FOR MANY A LONG DAY PAP ALONE CAME OR WAS PUSHED FORWARD THE BABY WOULD PUT INTO EYES HE REALIZED THAT HE EXPECTED TO KEEP IT AND HE WAS TOO DAZED TO REFUSE BESIDES HIS HEART WENT OUT TO THE CHILD'S OCCUE LOOKED DOUBTFULLY AT THE MONEY WHICH POM LAID MUTELY DOWN I SUPPOSE THAT PART WAS ONLY A JOKE HE SAID NOT A BIT OF IT SAID ROBERT LAWSON ALL THE MONEY WON'T BE TOO MUCH TO PAY THE DEBTS THOUGH THE DOCTOR'S BEEN THAT THIS WILL JUSTER WON'T PAY IT
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