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Father asked us what we could do for the place that had been so hospitable to us, and I remembered a box of plants in the carryall, that we had bought at a wayside nursery, for the flower beds in Charlestown. "Plant something!" I said, and father thought it was a good idea and took a little crimson rambler rose bush from the box. FATHER ASKED US WHAT WE COULD DO FOR THE PLACE THAT HAD BEEN SO HOSPITABLE TO US AND I REMEMBERED A BOX OF PLANTS IN THE CARRYALL THAT WE HAD BOUGHT AT A WAYSIDE NURSERY FOR THE FLOWER BEDS IN CHARLESTON PLANT SOMETHING I SAID AND FATHER THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD IDEA AND TOOK A LITTLE CRIMSON RAMBLER ROSE BUSH FROM THE BOX
 the Hon. Lemuel Hamilton. BEULAH, _June 27th_. DEAR MR. HAMILTON,--I am Nancy, the oldest of the Carey children, who live in your house. When father was alive, he took us on a driving trip, and we stopped and had luncheon under your big maple and fell in love with your empty house. Father (he was a Captain in the Navy and there was never anybody like him in the world!)--Father leaned over the gate and said if he was only rich he would drive the horse into the barn and buy the place that very day; and mother said it would be a beautiful spot to bring up a family. We children had wriggled under the fence, and were climbing the apple trees by that time, and we wanted to be brought up there that very minute. We all of us look back to that day as the happiest one that we can remember. Mother laughs when I talk of looking back, because I am not sixteen yet, but I think, although we did not know it, God knew that father was going to die and we were going to live in that very spot afterwards. SS NANCY CAREY TO THE HON LEMUEL HAMILTON BEULAH JUNE TWENTY SEVENTH DEAR MISTER HAMILTON I AM NANCY THE OLDEST OF THE CAREY CHILDREN WHO LIVE IN YOUR HOUSE WHEN FATHER WAS ALIVE HE TOOK US ON A DRIVING TRIP AND WE STOPPED AND HAD LUNCHEON UNDER YOUR BIG MAPLE AND FELL IN LOVE WITH YOUR EMPTY HOUSE FATHER HE WAS A CAPTAIN IN THE NAVY AND THERE WAS NEVER ANYBODY LIKE HIM IN THE WORLD FATHER LEANED OVER THE GATE AND SAID IF HE WAS ONLY RICH HE WOULD DRIVE THE HORSE INTO THE BARN AND BUY THE PLACE THAT VERY DAY AND MOTHER SAID IT WOULD BE A BEAUTIFUL SPOT TO BRING UP A FAMILY WE CHILDREN HAD WRIGGLED UNDER THE FENCE AND WERE CLIMBING THE APPLE TREES BY THAT TIME AND WE WANTED TO BE BROUGHT UP THERE THAT VERY MINUTE WE ALL OF US LOOK BACK TO THAT DAY AS THE HAPPIEST ONE THAT WE CAN REMEMBER MOTHER LAUGHS WHEN I TALK OF LOOKING BACK BECAUSE I'M NOT SIXTEEN YET BUT I THINK ALTHOUGH WE DID NOT KNOW IT GOD KNEW THAT FATHER WAS GOING TO DIE AND WE WERE GOING TO LIVE IN THAT VERY SPOT AFTERWARDS
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