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"I think nobody pretending to be a mother could turn her back on another mother like that," said Mrs. Carey promptly. "We'll take a pint more milk, and I think you children will have to leave something in your plates now and then, you polish them until it really is indecent." I THINK NOBODY PRETENDING TO BE A MOTHER COULD TURN HER BACK ON ANOTHER MOTHER LIKE THAT SAID MOTHER CAREY PROMPTLY WE'LL TAKE A PINT MORE MILK AND I THINK YOU CHILDREN WILL HAVE TO LEAVE SOMETHING IN YOUR PLATES NOW AND THEN YOU POLISH THEM OFTEN UNTIL IT REALLY IS INDECENT
ing room chimney, but in front of the great back-log the bed of live coals glowed red and the flames danced high, casting flickering shadows on the children's faces. It is possible to bring up a family by steam heat, and it is often necessary, but nobody can claim that it is either so simple or so delightful as by an open fire! The three cats were all nestled cosily in Nancy's lap or snuggled by her side. Mother Carey had demurred at two, and when Nancy appeared one day after school with a third, she spoke, with some firmness, of refusing it a home. "If we must economize on cats," cried Nancy passionately, "don't let's begin on this one! She doesn't look it, but she is a heroine. When the Rideout's house burned down, her kittens were in a basket by the kitchen stove. Three times she ran in through the flames and brought out a kitten in her mouth. The tip of her tail is gone, and part of an ear, and she's blind in one eye. Mr. Harmon says she's too homely to live; now what do you think?  THE WIND HOWLED IN THE SITTING ROOM CHIMNEY BUT IN FRONT OF THE GREAT BACK LOG THE BED OF LIVE COALS GLOWED RED AND THE FLAME STANDS TIGHT CASTING FLICKERING SHADOWS ON THE CHILDREN'S FACES IT IS POSSIBLE TO BRING A FAMILY UP BY STEAM HEAT AND IT IS OFTEN NECESSARY BUT NOBODY CAN CLAIM THAT IT IS EITHER SO SIMPLE OR SO DELIGHTFUL AS BY AN OPEN FIRE THE THREE CATS WERE NESTED COSILY IN NANCY'S LAP OR SNUGGLED BY HER SIDE MOTHER CAREY HAD DEMURRED IT TOO AND WHEN NANCY HAD APPEARED ONE DAY AFTER SCHOOL WITH A THIRD SHE SPOKE WITH SOME FIRMNESS OF REFUSING IT A HOME IF WE MUST ECONOMIZE ON CATS CRIED NANCY PASSIONATELY DON'T LET'S BEGIN WITH THIS ONE SHE DOESN'T LOOK IT BUT SHE IS A HEROINE WHEN THE RIDEOUT'S HOUSE BURNED DOWN HER KITTENS WERE IN A BASKET BY THE KITCHEN STOVE THREE TIMES SHE RAN THROUGH THE FLAMES AND BROUGHT A KITTEN OUT IN HER MOUTH THE TIP OF HER TAIL IS GONE IN PART OF AN EAR AND SHE'S BLIND IN ONE EYE MISTER HARMON SAYS SHE'S TOO HOMELY TO LIVE NOW WHAT DO YOU THINK
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