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You see, dear, you come next to father!" YOU SEE DEAR YOU COME NEXT TO FATHER
other's sake" without a quiver in her voice. Then she crept down, and as she passed her mother's room on tiptoe she looked in and saw that the chair by the window, the chair that had been vacant for a month, was filled, and that the black-clad figure was what was left to them; a strange, sad, quiet mother, who had lost part of herself somewhere,--the gay part, the cheerful part, the part that made her so piquantly and entrancingly different from other women. Nancy stole in softly and put her young smooth cheek against her mother's, quietly stroking her hair. "There are four of us to love you and take care of you," she said. "It isn't quite so bad as if there was nobody!" Mrs. Carey clasped her close. "Oh! my Nancy! my first, my oldest, God will help me, I know that, but just now I need somebody close and warm and soft; somebody with arms to hold and breath to speak and lips to kiss! I ought not to sadden you, nor lean on you, you are too young, --but I must a little, just at the first. L SHE WAS STRONG ENOUGH TO SAY FOR MOTHER'S SAKE WITHOUT A QUIVER IN HER VOICE THEN SHE CREPT DOWN AND AS SHE PASSED HER MOTHER'S ROOM ON TIPTOE SHE LOOKED IN AND SAW THAT THE CHAIR BY THE WINDOW THE CHAIR THAT HAD BEEN VACANT FOR A MONTH WAS FILLED AND THAT THE BLACK CLAD FIGURE WAS WHAT WAS LEFT TO THEM A STRANGE SAD QUIET MOTHER WHO HAD LOST PART OF HERSELF SOMEWHERE THE GAY PART THE CHEERFUL PART THE PART THAT MADE HER SO PIQUANTLY AND AND ENTRANCINGLY DIFFERENT FROM OTHER WOMEN NANCY STOLE IN SOFTLY AND PUT HER YOUNG SMOOTH CHEEK AGAINST HER MOTHER'S QUIETLY STROKING HER HAIR THERE ARE FOUR OF US TO LOVE YOU AND TAKE CARE OF YOU SHE SAID IT ISN'T QUITE SO BAD AS IF THERE WAS NOBODY MISSUS CAREY CLASPED HER CLOSE OH MY NANCY MY FIRST MY OLDEST GOD WILL HELP ME I KNOW THAT BUT JUST NOW I NEED SOMEBODY CLOSE AND WARM AND SOFT SUNDAY WITH ARMS TO HOLD AND BREATH TO SPEAK AND LIPS TO KISS I OUGHT NOT TO SADDEN YOU NOR LEAN ON YOU YOU WERE TOO YOUNG BUT I MUST A LITTLE JUST AT THE FIRST
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