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"You oughtn't to say such things, Nancy," rebuked Kathleen. "Mother wouldn't like it." "I know it," confessed Nancy remorsefully. YOU OUGHTN'T TO SAY SUCH THINGS NANCY REBUKED KATHLEEN MOTHER WOULDN'T LIKE IT I KNOW IT CONFESSED NANCY REMORSEFULLY
 small trunk and Gilbert ran to the village on glad and winged feet to get some one to take his depressing relative to the noon train to Boston. As for Nancy, she stood in front of the parlor fireplace, and when she heard the hoot of the engine in the distance she removed the four mortuary vases from the mantelpiece and took them to the attic, while Gilbert from the upper hall was chanting a favorite old rhyme:-- "She called us names till she was tired, She called us names till we perspired, She called us names we never could spell, She called us names we never may tell. "She called us names that made us laugh, She called us names for a day and a half, She called us names till her memory failed, But finally out of our sight she sailed." "It must have been written about Cousin Ann in the first place," said Nancy, joining Kathleen in the kitchen. "Well, she's gone at last! "Now every prospect pleases, And only Julia's vile," she paraphrased from the old hymn, into Kathleen's private ear. E FROM A TO Z THEN SHE PACKED HER SMALL TRUNK AND GILBERT RAN TO THE VILLAGE ON GLAD AND WINKED FEET TO GET SOMEONE TO TAKE HIS DEPRESSING RELATIVE TO THE NOON TRAIN TO BOSTON AS FOR NANCY SHE STOOD IN FRONT OF THE PARLOR FIREPLACE AND WHEN SHE HEARD THE HOOT OF THE ENGINE IN THE DISTANCE SHE REMOVED THE FOUR MORTUARY VASES FROM THE MANTELPIECE AND TOOK THEM TO THE ATTIC WHILE GILBERT FROM THE UPPER HALL WAS CHANTING A FAVORITE OLD RHYME SHE CALLED US NAMES TILL SHE WAS TIRED SHE CALLED US NAMES TILL WE PERSPIRED SHE CALLED US NAMES WE NEVER COULD SPELL SHE CALLED US NAMES WE NEVER MAY TELL SHE CALLED US NAMES THAT MADE US LAUGH SHE CALLED US NAMES FOR A DAY AND A HALF SHE CALLED US NAMES TILL HER MEMORY FAILED BUT FINALLY OUT OF OUR SIGHT SHE SAILED IT MUST HAVE BEEN WRITTEN ABOUT COUSIN ANN IN THE FIRST PLACE SAID NANCY JOINING KATHLEEN IN THE KITCHEN WELL SHE'S GONE AT LAST NOW EVERY PROSPECT PLEASES AND ONLY JULIA'S VILE SHE PARAPHRASED FROM THE OLD HYMN INTO KATHLEEN'S PRIVATE EAR
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