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Julia wasn't made of dust. She was made of  let me see  of skim milk and baked custard (the watery kind) and rice flour and gelatine, with a very little piece of overripe banana,  not enough to flavor, just enough to sicken. JULIA WASN'T MADE OF DUST SHE WAS MADE OF LET ME SEE OF SKIM MILK AND BAKED CUSTARD THE WATERY KIND AND RICE FLOUR AND GELATINE WITH A VERY LITTLE PIECE OF OVERRIPE BANANA NOT ENOUGH TO FLAVOR JUST ENOUGH TO SICKEN
ent scholarship every month for years, he went out behind the barn and kicked its foundations savagely for several minutes. She was a sort of continual Sunday child, with an air of church and cold dinner and sermon-reading and hymn-singing and early bed. Nobody could fear, as for some impulsive, reckless little creature, that she would come to a bad end. Nancy said no one could imagine her as coming to anything, not even an end! "You never let mother hear you say these things, Nancy," Kathleen remarked once, "but really and truly it's just as bad to say them at all, when you know she wouldn't approve." "My present object is to be as good as gold in mother's eyes, but there I stop!" retorted Nancy cheerfully. "Pretty soon I shall get virtuous enough to go a step further and endeavor to please the angels,--not Julia's cast-iron angels, but the other angels, who understand and are patient, because they remember our frames and know that being dust we are likely to be dusty once in a while. Y EIGHT AND SEVEN EIGHTHS PER CENT SCHOLARSHIP EVERY MONTH FOR YEARS HE WENT OUT BEHIND THE BARN AND KICKED ITS FOUNDATIONS SAVAGELY FOR SEVERAL MINUTES SHE WAS A SORT OF CONTINUAL SUNDAY CHILD WITH AN AIR OF CHURCH AND COLD DINNER AND SERMON READING AND HYMN SINGING AND EARLY BED NOBODY COULD FEAR AS FOR SOME IMPULSIVE RECKLESS LITTLE CREATURE THAT SHE WOULD COME TO A BAD END NANCY SAID NO ONE COULD IMAGINE HER AS COMING TO ANYTHING NOT EVEN AN END YOU NEVER LET MOTHER HEAR YOU SAY THESE THINGS NANCY KATHLEEN REMARKED ONCE BUT REALLY AND TRULY IT'S JUST AS BAD TO SAY THEM AT ALL WHEN YOU KNOW SHE WOULDN'T APPROVE MY PRESENT OBJECT IS TO BE AS GOOD AS GOLD IN MOTHER'S EYES BUT THERE I STOP RETORTED NANCY CHEERFULLY PRETTY SOON I SHALL GET VIRTUOUS ENOUGH TO GO A STEP FURTHER AND ENDEAVOR TO PLEASE THE ANGELS NOT JULIA'S CAST IRON ANGELS BUT THE OTHER ANGELS WHO UNDERSTAND AND ARE PATIENT BECAUSE THEY REMEMBER OUR FRAMES AND KNOW THAT BEING DUST WE ARE LIKELY TO BE DUSTY ONCE IN A WHILE
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