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Sole prop of the House of Carey!" exclaimed his mother with consummate tact. "Why, Gilly dear, I shall want your advice every hour! And who will know about the planting,  for we are only 'women folks'; and who will do all the hammering and carpenter work? You are so wonderful with tools that you'll be worth all the rest of us put together!" "Oh, well, if you need me so much as that I'll go along, of course," said Gilbert, "but Fred said his mother and sisters always did this kind of thing by themselves." SOLE PROP OF THE HOUSE OF CAREY EXCLAIMED HIS MOTHER WITH CONSUMMATE TACT WHY GILLY DEAR I SHALL WANT YOUR ADVICE EVERY HOUR AND WHO WILL KNOW ABOUT THE PLANTING FOR WE ARE ONLY WOMEN FOLKS AND WHO WILL DO ALL THE HAMMERING AND CARPENTER WORK YOU ARE SO WONDERFUL WITH TOOLS THAT YOU WILL BE WORTH ALL THE REST OF US PUT TOGETHER OH WELL IF YOU NEED ME SO MUCH AS THAT I'LL GO ALONG OF COURSE SAID GILBERT BUT FRED SAID HIS MOTHER AND SISTERS ALWAYS DID THIS KIND OF THING BY THEMSELVES
udge against the entire race of expressmen and carters who brought him boxes and barrels to handle. It always seemed to him that if they were all out of the country or dead he would have no work to do. XI THE SERVICE ON THE THRESHOLD From this point on, the flitting went easily and smoothly enough, and the transportation of the Carey family itself to Greentown, on a mild budding day in April, was nothing compared to the heavy labor that had preceded it. All the goods and chattels had been despatched a week before, so that they would be on the spot well in advance, and the actual flitting took place on a Friday, so that Gilbert would have every hour of his vacation to assist in the settling process. He had accepted an invitation to visit a school friend at Easter, saying to his mother magisterially: "I didn't suppose you'd want me round the house when you were getting things to rights; men are always in the way; so I told Fred Bascom I'd go home with him." "Home with Fred! Our only man! LIVER BOX RECORDING ALL LIVER VOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIVER BOX DOT WORK RECORDING BY JOYCE COUCH MOTHER CAREY'S CHICKENS BY KATE DOUGLAS WIGGINS CHAPTER ELEVEN THE SERVICE ON THE THRESHOLD FROM THIS POINT ON THE FLITTING WENT EASILY AND SMOOTHLY ENOUGH AND THE TRANSPORTATION OF THE CAREY FAMILY ITSELF TO GREENTOWN ON A MILD BUDDING DAY IN APRIL WAS NOTHING COMPARED TO THE HEAVY LABOR THAT HAD PRECEDED IT ALL THE GOODS AND CHATTELS HAD BEEN DISPATCHED A WEEK BEFORE SO THAT THEY WOULD BE ON THE SPOT WELL IN ADVANCE AND THE ACTUAL FLITTING TOOK PLACE ON A FRIDAY SO THAT GILBERT WOULD HAVE EVERY HOUR OF HIS VACATION TO ASSIST IN THE SETTLING PROCESS HE HAD ACCEPTED AN INVITATION TO VISIT A SCHOOL FRIEND AT EASTER SAYING TO HIS MOTHER MAGISTERIALLY I DIDN'T SUPPOSE YOU'D WANT ME AROUND THE HOUSE WHEN YOU WERE GETTING THINGS TO RIGHTS MEN ARE ALWAYS IN THE WAY SO I TOLD FRED BASCOMB I'D GO HOME WITH HIM HOME WITH FRED OUR ONLY MAN
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