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Some of the glamour that surrounded the mother had fallen upon the daughter. SOME OF THE GLAMOUR THAT SURROUNDED THE MOTHER HAD FALLEN UPON THE DAUGHTER
on't kiss great Latin scholars unless they are asked." Thurston laughed and lifted the gurgling Peter high in the air. "Good night, old chap!" he said "Hurry up and come to school!" "I'm 'bout ready now!" piped Peter. "I can read 'Up-up-my-boy-day-is-not-the-time-for-sleep-the-dew-will-soon-be-gone' with the book upside down,--can't I, Muddy?" "You can, my son; trot along with sister." Thurston opened the door for Nancy, and his eye followed her for a second as she mounted the stairs. She glowed like a ruby to-night in her old red cashmere. The sparkle of her eye, the gloss of her hair, the soft red of her lips, the curve and bend of her graceful young body struck even her mother anew, though she was used to her daughter's beauty. "She is growing!" thought Mrs. Carey wistfully. "I see it all at once, and soon others will be seeing it!" Alas! young Ralph Thurston had seen it for weeks past! He was not perhaps so much in love with Nancy the girl, as he was with Nancy the potential woman. E TEACHER PETER NO YOU MUSTN'T KISS HIM LITTLE BOYS DON'T KISS GREAT LATIN SCHOLARS UNLESS THEY ARE ASKED THURSTON LAUGHED AND LIFTED THE GURGLING PETER HIGH IN THE AIR GOOD NIGHT OLD CHAP HE SAID HURRY UP AND COME TO SCHOOL I'M BOUT READY NOW PIPED PETER I CAN READ UP UP MY BOY DAY IS NOT THE TIME FOR SLEEP THE DEW WILL SOON BE GONE WITH THE BOOK UPSIDE DOWN CAN'T I MUDDY YOU CAN MY SON TROT ALONG WITH SISTER THURSTON OPENED THE DOOR FOR NANCY AND HIS EYE FOLLOWED HER FOR A SECOND AS SHE MOUNTED THE STAIRS SHE GLOWED LIKE A RUBY TO NIGHT IN HER OLD RED CASHMERE THEARKLE OF HER EYE THE GLOSS OF HER HAIR THE SOFT RED OF HER LIPS THE CURVE AND BEND OF HER GRACEFUL YOUNG BODY STRUCK EVEN HER MOTHER ANEW THOUGH SHE WAS USED TO HER DAUGHTER'S BEAUTY SHE IS GROWING THOUGHT MISSUS CAREY WISTFULLY I SEE IT ALL AT ONCE AND SOON OTHERS WILL BE SEEN IT ALAS YOUNG RALPH THURST HAD SEEN IT FOR WEEKS PAST HE WAS NOT PERHAPS SO MUCH IN LOVE WITH NANCY THE GIRL AS HE WAS WITH NANCY THE POTENTIAL WOMAN
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