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We are going to leave next Wednesday; so you‚Äôd better send him down to our place Monday or Tuesday, so that he can get used to us, and  ‚ÄĚ ‚ÄúOh, Ma,‚ÄĚ began Pa, rising imploringly to his feet. Ma transfixed him with her eye. ‚ÄúSit down, Pa,‚ÄĚ she commanded. Unhappy Pa sat. WE ARE GOING TO LEAVE NEXT WEDNESDAY SO YOU'D BETTER SEND HIM DOWN TO OUR PLACE MONDAY OR TUESDAY SO HE CAN GET USED TO US AND OH MA BEGAN PAY IMPLORINGLY TO HIS FEET MUCH TRANSFIXED HIM WITH HER EYE SIT DOWN PA SHE COMMANDED UNHAPPILY PA SAT
 a home. But he could not come after him. Josiah Spencer, of White Sands, was going out to Manitoba in the spring. If Mr. and Mrs. Sloane could only keep the baby till then he could be sent out with the Spencers. Perhaps they would see a chance sooner. ‚ÄúThere‚Äôll be no chance sooner,‚ÄĚ said Pa Sloane in a tone of satisfaction. ‚ÄúNo, worse luck!‚ÄĚ retorted Ma crisply. The winter passed by. Little Teddy grew and throve, and Pa Sloane worshipped him. Ma was very good to him, too, and Teddy was just as fond of her as of Pa. Nevertheless, as the spring drew near, Pa became depressed. Sometimes he sighed heavily, especially when he heard casual references to the Josiah Spencer emigration. One warm afternoon in early May Josiah Spencer arrived. He found Ma knitting placidly in the kitchen, while Pa nodded over his newspaper and the baby played with the cat on the floor. ‚ÄúGood afternoon, Mrs. Sloane,‚ÄĚ said Josiah with a flourish. ‚ÄúI just dropped in to see about this young man here. D GLAD TO GIVE HIS LITTLE NEPHEW A HOME BUT HE COULD NOT COME FOR HIM JUST AS SIAS SPENCER OF THE WHITE SANDS WAS GOING OUT TO MANAGE HOME IN THE SPRING IF MISTER AND MISSUS SLOANE COULD ONLY KEEP THE BABY TILL THEN HE COULD BE SENT IN WITH THE SPENCER'S PERHAPS THEY WOULD SEE THE CHANCE SOONER THERE'LL BE NO CHANCE SOONER SAID PA SLOANE IN A TONE OF SATISFACTION NO WORSE LUCK RETORTED MA CRISPLY THE WINTER PASSED BY LITTLE TEDDY GREW AND DROVE AND PA SLOANE WORSHIPPED HIM MA WAS VERY GOOD TO HIM TOO AND TEDDY WAS JUST AS FOND OF HER ER OF OF PA NEVERTHELESS AS THE SPRING DREW NEAR PA BECAME DEPRESSED SOMETIMES HE SIGHED HEAVILY ESPECIALLY WHEN HE HEARD CASUAL REFERENCE TO THE JOSIAH SPENCER IN MIGRATION ONE WARM AFTERNOON EARLY MAY THE SPICE FANCORD ARRIVED HE FOUND MA KNITTING PLACIDLY IN THE KITCHEN WELL PA NODDED OVER HIS NEWSPAPER AND THE BABY PLAYED WITH THE CAT ON THE FLOOR GOOD AFTERNOON MISSUS SLOANE SAID JOSIE WITH A FLOURISH I JUST DROPPED IN SEATED ABOUT THIS YOUNG MAN HERE
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