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You'll have your hands full if you're going to be Mother Carey's chickens." "I'd love to show good birds the way home!" said Gilbert. YOU'LL HAVE YOUR HANDS FULL IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE MOTHER CAREY'S CHICKENS I'D LOVE TO SHOW GOOD BIRDS THE WAY HOME SAID GILBERT
ld say this one couldn't be 'beat.' Two for the Navy, eh?" "All four for the Navy, perhaps," laughed the young man. "Nancy has already chosen a Rear-Admiral and Kathleen a Commodore; they are modest little girls!" "They do you credit, Peter!" "I hope I've given them something,--I've tried hard enough, but they are mostly the work of the lady in the chair. Come on and say how d'ye do." Before many Saturdays the Admiral's lap had superseded all other places as a gathering ground for the little Careys, whom he called the stormy petrels. "Mother Carey," he explained to them, came from the Latin _mater cara_, this being not only his personal conviction, but one that had the backing of Brewer's "Dictionary of Phrase and Fable." "The French call them _Les Oiseaux de Notre Dame_. That means 'The Birds of our Lady,' Kitty, and they are the sailors' friends. Mother Carey sends them to warn seafarers of approaching storms and bids them go out all over the seas to show the good birds the way home. N MAKE A PRETTY GOOD PICTURE AT ANY TIME BUT I SHOULD SAY THIS ONE COULDN'T BE BEAT TWO FOR THE NAVY EH ALL FOUR FOR THE NAVY PERHAPS LAUGHED THE YOUNG MAN NANCY HAS ALREADY CHOSEN A REAL ADMIRAL AND KATHLEEN A COMMODORE THEY ARE MODEST LITTLE GIRLS THEY DO YOU CREDIT PETER I HOPE I'VE GIVEN THEM SOMETHING I'VE TRIED HARD ENOUGH BUT THEY'RE MOSTLY THE WORK OF THE LADY IN THE CHAIR COME ON AND SAY HOW'D YOU DO BEFORE MANY SATURDAYS THE ADMIRAL'S LAP HAD SUPERSEDED ALL OTHER PLACES AS A GATHERING GROUND FOR THE LITTLE CAREYS WHOM HE CALLED THE STORMY PETRELS MOTHER CAREY HE EXPLAINED TO THEM CAME FROM THE LATIN MATTERKARA THIS BEING NOT ONLY HIS PERSONAL CONVICTION BUT ONE THAT HAD THE BACKING OF BREWER'S DICTIONARY OF PHRASE AND FABLE THE FRENCH CALL THEM LA OUAZOU DE NOTRE DANT THIS MEANS THE BIRDS OF OUR LADY KITTY AND THEY ARE THE SAILOR'S FRIENDS MOTHER CAREY SENDS THEM TO WARN SEAFARERS OF APPROACHING STORMS AND BIDS THEM GO OUT ALL OVER THE SEAS TO SHOW THE GOOD BIRDS THE WAY HOME
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