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"I recall writing to you," said Mr. Carey. "As you had lent me five hundred dollars to be married on, I thought I ought to keep you posted!" "Oh, father! I RECALL WRITING TO YOU SAID MISTER CAREY AS YOU HAD LENT ME FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS TO BE MARRIED ON I THOUGHT I OUGHT TO KEEP YOU POSTED OH FATHER
ys as "it," so they called her "baby" and let it go at that. Then there was a long period when she was still too young to be called Nancy, and though, so far as age was concerned, she might properly have held on to her name of baby, she couldn't with propriety, because there was Gilbert then, and he was baby. Moreover, she gradually became so indescribably quaint and bewitching and comical and saucy that every one sought diminutives for her; nicknames, fond names, little names, and all sorts of words that tried to describe her charm (and couldn't), so there was Poppet and Smiles and Minx and Rogue and Midget and Ladybird and finally Nan and Nannie by degrees, to soberer Nancy. "Nancy is ten to-day," mused the Admiral. "Bless my soul, how time flies! You were a young Ensign, Carey, and I well remember the letter you wrote me when this little lass came into harbor! Just wait a minute; I believe the scrap of newspaper verse you enclosed has been in my wallet ever since. I always liked it. T THAT EARLY DATE AS SHE BUT ALWAYS AS IT SO THEY CALLED HER BABY AND LET IT GO AT THAT THEN THERE WAS A LONG PERIOD WHEN SHE WAS STILL TOO YOUNG TO BE CALLED NANCY AND THOUGH SO FAR AS AGE WAS CONCERNED SHE MIGHT PROPERLY HAVE HELD ON TO HER NAME OF BABY SHE COULDN'T WITH PROPRIETY BECAUSE THERE WAS GILBERT THEN AND HE WAS BABY MOREOVER SHE GRADUALLY BECAME SO INDESCRIBABLY QUAINT AND BEWITCHING AND COMICAL AND SAUCY THAT EVERYONE SOUGHT DIMINUTIVES FOR HER NICKNAMES FOND NAMES LITTLE NAMES AND ALL SORTS OF WORDS THAT TRIED TO DESCRIBE HER CHARM AND COULDN'T SO THERE WAS POPPET AND SMILES AND MINX AND ROGUE AND MIDGET AND LADYBIRD AND FINALLY NAN AND NANNY BY DEGREES TO SOBER AND NANCY NANCY IS TEN TO DAY MUSED THE ADMIRAL BLESS MY SOUL HOW TIME FLIES YOU WERE A LITTLE ENSIN CAREY AND I WELL REMEMBER THE LETTER YOU WROTE ME WHEN THIS LITTLE LASS CAME INTO HARBOR JUST WAIT A MINUTE I BELIEVE THE SCRAP OF NEWSPAPER FOR I SHOULD ENCLOSED HAS BEEN IN MY WALLET EVER SINCE I ALWAYS LIKED IT
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