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'I feel as if I was going to cry,' she said. 'Why did God make them die, Mr. Bob?' Bob raised his face to the sky above him. I FEEL AS IF I WAS GOING TO CRY SHE SAID WHY DID GOD MAKE THEM DIE MISTER BOB HE RAISED HIS FACE TO THE SKY ABOVE HIM
 of the road. 'This is my other garden,' he said gravely, 'for I gets so much from the rector every year for keeping the ground tidy.' Roland and Olive looked round them with much interest. Old Bob took them to a quiet corner soon, and pointed out five grassy mounds all in a row. 'There!' he said, his old face quivering all over; 'underneath them mounds are my dear wife and four children, all taken from me in less than one month.' 'Did they die?' asked Roland with solemn eyes. 'The Lord took 'em. 'Twas the scarlet fever was ragin' in our village; little Bessie, our baby, was the first one to take it. She were only five year old, and as merry as a cricket; then Rob and Harry, big lads o' twelve and thirteen, were stricken next, and then Nellie, her mother's right hand; and the poor wife nursed 'em all through herself, and just lived to see the last o' the four buried, and then she follered them, and I were left in the empty house alone.' Little Olive squeezed the old man's hand tightly. ICH LAY JUST OUTSIDE THE LODGE GATES ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD THIS IS MY OTHER GARDEN HE SAID GRAVELY FOR I GET SO MUCH FROM THE WRECK TO EVERY YEAR FOR KEEPING THE GROUND TIDY ROLAND AND OLIVE LOOKED ROUND THEM WITH MUCH INTEREST OLD BOB TOOK THEM TO A QUIET CORNER SOON AND POINTED OUT FIVE GRASSY MOUNDS ALL IN A ROW THERE HE SAID HIS OLD FACE QUIVERING ALL OVER UNDERNEATH THE MOUNDS ARE MY DEAR WIFE AND FOUR CHILDREN ALL TAKEN FROM ME IN LESS THAN ONE MONTH DID THEY DIE ASKED ROLAND WITH SOLEMN EYES THE LORD TOOK EM TWAS THE SCARLET FEVER WAS REGIN IN OUR VILLAGE LITTLE BESSIE OUR BABY WAS THE FIRST ONE TO TAKE IT SHE WAS ONLY FIVE YEAR OLD AND AS MERRY AS A CRICKET THEN ROB AND HARRY BIG LADS OF TWELVE AND THIRTEEN WERE STRICKEN NEXT AND THEN NALLIE HER MOTHER'S RIGHT HAND AND THE POOR WIFE NURSED EM ALL THROUGH HERSELF JUST LIVED TO SEE THE LAST OF THE FOUR BURIED AND THEN SHE FOLLOWED EM AND I WERE LEFT IN THE EMPTY HOUSE ALONE LITTLE OLIVE SQUEEZED THE OLD MAN'S HAND TIGHTLY
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