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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. 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
out his address if I have to advertise in the papers for him,‚ÄĚ retorted Ma. ‚ÄúAs for you, Pa Sloane, you‚Äôre not fit to be out of a lunatic asylum. The next auction you‚Äôll be buying a wife, I s‚Äôpose?‚ÄĚ Pa, quite crushed by Ma‚Äôs sarcasm, pulled his chair in to supper. Ma picked up the baby and sat down at the head of the table. Little Teddy laughed and pinched her face--Ma‚Äôs face! Ma looked very grim, but she fed him his supper as skilfully as if it had not been thirty years since she had done such a thing. But then, the woman who once learns the mother knack never forgets it. After tea Ma despatched Pa over to William Alexander‚Äôs to borrow a high chair. When Pa returned in the twilight, the baby was fenced in on the sofa again, and Ma was stepping briskly about the garret. She was bringing down 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. T DELICITIOUS LAUGHING BABY I'LL FIND OUT HIS ADDRESS IF I HAVE TO GO TO ADVERTISE IN THE PAPERS FOR HIM RETORTED MA AS FOR YOU PA S ALONE YOU'RE NOT FIT TO BE OUT OF A LUNATIC ASYLUM THE NEXT AUCTION YOU'LL BE BUYING A WIFE I SUPPOSE PA PA QUITE CLUTCHED BY MA'S SARCASM PULLED HIS CHAIR IN TO SUPPER MA PI PICKED UP THE BABY AND SAT DOWN AT THE HEAD OF THE TABLE LITTLE TEDDY LAUGHED AND PINCHED HER FACE MA'S FACE MA LOOKED VERY GRIM BUT SHE FED HIM HIS SUPPER AS SKILFULLY AS IF IT HAD NOT BEEN THIRTY YEARS SINCE SHE HAD DONE SUCH A THING BUT THEN THE WOMAN WHO ONCE LEARNS THE MOTHER NACK NEVER FORGETS IT AFTER TEA MA DISPATCHED PA OVER TO WILLIAM ALEXANDER'S TO BORROW A HIGH CHAIR WHEN PA RETURNED IN THE TWILIGHT THE BABY WAS FENCE IN ON THE SOFA AGAIN AND MA WAS STEPPING BRISKLY ABOUT 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
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