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And when I told him that wasn't likely, and he mustn't think of such things, he said in quite a cheerful tone, "Oh, well we shall come up at Easter, you know. If it isn't this Easter, it will be another one, and you'll have our graves to look after, like Mr. Bob. Jesus will take care of us till we come up, like Mr. Bob takes care of his lily pots." AND WHEN I TOLD HIM THAT WASN'T LIKELY AND HE MUSTN'T THINK OF SUCH THINGS HE SAID IN QUITE A CHEERFUL TONE OH WELL WE SHALL COME UP AT EASTER YOU KNOW IF IT ISN'T THIS EASTER IT WILL BE ANOTHER ONE AND YOU'LL HAVE OUR GRAVES TO LOOK AFTER LIKE MISTER BOB JESUS WILL TAKE CARE OF US TILL WE COME UP LIKE MISTER BOB TAKES CARE OF HIS LILYPOTS
ough the earth at last, nurse,' said Olive, raising her blue eyes earnestly to her nurse's face; 'so I came to see if these graves were cracking yet. They'll be like Jesus' grave in the garden, you know, at Easter.' Only a few weeks after this, both Olive and her brother lay prostrate in their beds with a severe attack of measles. Their aunts had been so long unaccustomed to children's ailments, that perhaps they may have exaggerated the danger; still, even the family doctor looked grave and talked about 'Indian constitutions,' 'no stamina,' etc., etc., and the old house that had so lately rung with childish voices and laughter now lay hushed and silent in the sweet spring sunshine. [Illustration] 'They're too precocious,' said Miss Hunter with tearful eyes, as she came down from the sick room one day; 'it is always the good precocious children that die young. Roland has just said, in his little weak, quavering voice, "Auntie, perhaps Olive and I are going to die and be put in a grave. WHERE MISTER BOB'S LILIES HAVE COME THROUGH THE EARTH AT LAST NURSE SAID OLIVE RAISING HER BLUE EYES EARNESTLY TO HER NURSE'S FACE SO I CAME TO SEE IF THESE GRAVES WERE CRACKING YET THEY'LL BE LIKE JESUS'S GRAVE IN THE GARDEN YOU KNOW AT EASTER ONLY A FEW WEEKS AFTER THIS BOTH OLIVE AND HER BROTHER LAY PROSTRATE IN THEIR BEDS WITH A SEVERE ATTACK OF MEASLES THEIR AUNTS HAD BEEN SO LONG UNACCUSTOMED TO CHILDREN'S AILMENTS THAT PERHAPS THEY MAY HAVE EXAGGERATED THE DANGER STILL EVEN THE FAMILY DOCTOR LOOKED GRAVE AND TALKED ABOUT INDIAN CONSTITUTIONS NO STAMINA ET CETERA ET CETERA AND THE OLD HOUSE THAT HAD SO LATELY RUNG WITH CHILDISH VOICES AND LAUGHTER NOW LAY HUSHED AND SILENT IN THE SWEET SPRING SUNSHINE THEY'RE TOO PRECOCIOUS SAID MISS HUNTER WITH TEARFUL EYES AS SHE CAME DOWN FROM THE SICK ROOM ONE DAY IT IS ALWAYS THE GOOD PRECOCIOUS CHILDREN THAT DIE YOUNG ROLAND HAS JUST SAID IN HIS LITTLE WEAK QUAVERING VOICE AREN'T HE PERHAPS OLIVE AND I ARE GOING TO DIE AND BE PUT IN A GRAVE
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