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Gilbert wriggled as if in great moral discomfort, as indeed he was. "Well," he said, "I don't want to be selfish, and if the girls say yes, I'll have to fall in; but it isn't logic, all the same, to ask a sixth to share what isn't enough for five." "I agree with you there, Gilly!" smiled his mother. GILBERT WRIGGLED AS IF IN GREAT MORAL DISCOMFORT AS INDEED HE WAS WELL HE SAID I DON'T WANT TO BE SELFISH AND IF THE GIRLS SAY YES I'LL HAVE TO FALL IN BUT IT ISN'T LOGIC ALL THE SAME TO ASK A SIX TO SHARE WHEN THERE ISN'T ENOUGH FOR FIVE I AGREE WITH YOU THERE GILLY SMILED HIS MOTHER
" cried Gilbert. "Well, mother, you're always right, but I can't see why you take another one into the family, when we've been saying for a week there isn't even enough for us five to live on. It looks mighty queer to put me in the public school and spend the money you save that way, on Julia!" Way down deep in her heart Mother Carey felt a pang. There was a little seed of hard self-love in Gilbert that she wanted him to dig up from the soil and get rid of before it sprouted and waxed too strong. "Julia is a Carey chicken after all, Gilbert," she said. "But she's Uncle Allan's chicken, and I'm Captain Carey's eldest son." "That's the very note I should strike if I were you," his mother responded, "only with a little different accent. What would Captain Carey's eldest son like to do for his only cousin, a little girl younger than himself,--a girl who had a very silly, unwise, unhappy mother for the first five years of her life, and who is now practically fatherless, for a time at least? FLOOR POOR ABUSED KATHLEEN CRIED GILBERT WELL MOTHER YOU'RE ALWAYS RIGHT BUT I CAN'T SEE WHY YOU'LL TAKE ANOTHER ONE INTO THE FAMILY WHEN WE'VE BEEN SAYING FOR A WEEK THAT THERE ISN'T EVEN ENOUGH FOR US FIVE TO LIVE ON IT LOOKS MIGHTY QUEER TO PUT ME IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL AND SPEND THE MONEY YOU SAVED THAT WAY ON JULIA WAY DOWN DEEP IN HER HEART MOTHER CAREY FELT A PANG THERE WAS A LITTLE SEED OF HARD SELF LOVE IN GILBERT THAT SHE WANTED TO DIG UP FROM THE SOIL AND GET RID OF BEFORE IT SPROUTED AND WAXED TOO STRONG JULIA IS A CAREY CHICKEN AFTER ALL GILBERT SHE SAID BUT SHE'S UNCLE ALLAN'S CHICKEN AND I'M CAPTAIN CAREY'S ELDEST SON THAT'S THE VERY NOTE I SHOULD STRIKE IF I WERE YOU HIS MOTHER RESPONDED ONLY WITH A LITTLE DIFFERENT ACCENT WHAT WOULD CAPTAIN CAREY'S ELDEST SON LIKE TO DO FOR HIS ONLY COUSIN A LITTLE GIRL YOUNGER THAN HIMSELF A GIRL WHO HAS HAD A VERY SILLY UNWISE UNHAPPY MOTHER FOR THE FIRST FIVE YEARS OF HER LIFE AND WHO WAS NOW PRACTICALLY FATHERLESS FOR A TIME AT LEAST
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