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"Oh," groaned Mabel, settling into a disconsolate heap, "that's so." OH GROANED MABEL SETTLING INTO A DISCONSOLATE HEAP THAT'S SO
ory, "which way it's going to be." "I like folks that are downright bad or good," said Mabel, crossly. "Burglars ought to be burglars and ministers ought to be ministers and they all ought to be marked so you can tell 'em apart; else, how are you going to?" CHAPTER XX The Call Returned THE following Saturday, the girls carried their Christmas sewing to Jean's. The sewing had not reached a very exciting stage, so tongues moved faster than fingers. Mabel was still working on a shoe-bag for her father but, owing to some misadventure, one of the two compartments was several sizes larger than the other. Mabel regarded this difference with disapproval until comforting Jean came to the rescue. "Perhaps," suggested Jean, "there's a difference in the size of your father's feet." "Oh, there is," cried Mabel, gleefully. "His right shoe is always tighter than the left." "But," objected quick-witted Marjory, "it isn't his feet that are going into that bag. It's his shoes, and they're the same size.  CHAPTER TWENTY OF THE ADOPTING OF ROSA MARIE THIS IS A LIBER VOX RECORDING ALL LIBERVOX RECORDING TO IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIBERVOX DOT ORGUE RECORDING BY EMILY ISABELLA THE ADOPTING OF ROSA MARIE BY CAROL WATSON RANKIN CHAPTER TWENTY THE CALL RETURNED THE FOLLOWING SATURDAY THE GIRLS CARRIED THEIR CHRISTMAS SEWING TO JEAN'S THE SEWING HAD NOT REACHED A VERY EXCITING STAGE SO TONGUES MOVED FASTER THAN FINGERS MABEL WAS STILL WORKING ON A SHOE BACK FOR HER FATHER BUT OWING TO SOME MISADVENTURE ONE OF THE TWO COMPARTMENTS WAS SEVERAL SIZES LARGER THAN THE OTHER MABEL REGARDED THIS DIFFERENCE WITH DISAPPROVAL UNTIL COMFORTING JEAN CAME TO THE RESCUE PERHAPS SUGGESTED JEAN THERE'S A DIFFERENCE IN THE SIZE OF YOUR FATHER'S FEET OH THERE IS CRIED MABEL GLEEFULLY HIS RIGHT SHOE IS ALWAYS TIGHTER THAN THE LEFT BUT OBJECTED QUICK WITTED MARJORIE IT ISN'T HIS FEET THAT ARE GOING INTO THAT BAG IT'S HIS SHOES AND THEY'RE THE SAME SIZE
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