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They were having a royal good time together. Pa had always been dreadfully foolish about babies. THEY WERE HAVING A ROYAL TIME TOGETHER PA HAD ALWAYS BEEN DREADFULLY FOOLISH ABOUT BABIES
own the little cot bed her own boy had once occupied, and setting it up in their room for Teddy. Then she undressed the baby and rocked him to sleep, crooning an old lullaby over him. Pa Sloane sat quietly and listened, with very sweet memories of the long ago, when he and Ma had been young and proud, and the bewhiskered William Alexander had been a curly-headed little fellow like this one. Ma was not driven to advertising for Mrs. Garland‚Äôs brother. That personage saw the notice of his sister‚Äôs death in a home paper and wrote to the Carmody postmaster for full information. The letter was referred to Ma and Ma answered it. She wrote that they had taken in the baby, pending further arrangements, but had no intention of keeping it; and she calmly demanded of its uncle what was to be done with it. Then she sealed and addressed the letter with an unfaltering hand; but, when it was done, she looked across the table at Pa Sloane, who was sitting in the armchair with the baby on his knee. T THE GARRET SHE WAS BRINGING DOWN THE LITTLE COT BED HER OWN BOY HAD ONCE OCCUPIED IN SETTING IT UP IN THE ROOM FOR TEDDY THEN SHE UNDRESSED THE BABY AND WALK FROM SLEEP COONING ON AN OLD LULLABY OVER HIM PALONE SAT QUIETLY AND LISTENED WITH VERY SWEET MEMORIES OF LONG AGO WHEN HE AND MA HAD BEEN YOUNG AND PROUD AND THE BEWHISKERED WILLIAM ALEXANDER HAD BEEN A CURLY HEADED LITTLE FELLOW LIKE THIS ONE MA WAS NOT DRIVEN TO ADVERTISING FROM MISSUS GARLAND'S BROTHER THE PERSONAGE SAW THE NOTICE OF HIS SISTER'S DEATH IN A HOME PAPER AND WROTE TO CARMODY'S POSTMASTER FOR FULL INFORMATION THE LETTER WAS REFERRED TO MA AND MA ANSWERED IT SHE WROTE THAT THEY HAD TAKEN IN THE BABY PENDING FURTHER ARRANGEMENT BUT HAD NO INTENTION OF KEEPING IT AND SHE CALMLY DEMANDED THAT OF ITS UNCLE WHAT WAS TO BE DONE WITH IT THEN SHE SEALED AND ADDRESSED THE LETTER WITH AN UNFALTERING HAND BUT WHEN IT WAS DONE SHE LOOKED ACROSS THE TABLE AT PA SLOANE WHO WAS SITTING IN THE ARM CHAIR WITH THE BABY ON HIS KNEE
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