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We have discoursed in another place of family circles, but it cannot be truthfully said that at any moment the Lemuel Hamiltons had ever assumed that symmetrical and harmonious shape. Still, during the first eight or ten years of their married life, when the children were young, they had at least appeared to the casual eye as, say, a rectangular parallelogram. A little later the cares and jolts of life wrenched the right angles a trifle "out of plumb," and a rhomboid was the result. Mrs. WE HAVE DISCOURSED IN ANOTHER PLACE OF FAMILY CIRCLES BUT IT CANNOT BE TRUTHFULLY SAID THAT AT ANY MOMENT THE LEMUEL HAMILTONS HAD EVER ASSUMED THAT SYMMETRICAL AND HARMONIOUS SHAPE STILL DURING THE FIRST EIGHT OR TEN YEARS OF THEIR MARRIED LIFE WHEN THE CHILDREN WERE YOUNG THEY HAD AT LEAST APPEARED TO THE CASUAL EYE AS SAY A RECTANGULAR PARALLELOGRAM A LITTLE LATER THE CARES AND JOLTS OF LIFE WRENCHED THE RIGHT ANGLES A TRIFLE OUT OF PLUM AND A RUMBOID WAS THE RESULT MISSUS
 be persuaded to live in the yellow house? To think of any one's wanting to settle down in that little deserted spot, Beulah, where the only sound that ever strikes one's ear is Osh Popham's laugh or the tinkle of a cow bell! Oh! if my own girls would write me letters like this, letting me see how their minds are growing, how they are taking hold of life, above all what is in their hearts! Well, little Miss Nancy Carey! honest, outspoken, confidential, clever little Nancy, who calls me her 'dearest Mr. Hamilton' and thanks me for letting her live in my yellow house, you shall never be disturbed, and if you and Gilbert ever earn enough money to buy it, it shall go to you cheap! There's not one of my brood that would live in it--except Tom, perhaps--for after spending three hundred dollars, they even got tired of dancing in the barn on Saturday nights; so if it can fall into the hands of some one who will bring a blessing on it, good old Granny Hamilton will rest peacefully in her grave! S AND WHAT HAMILTON COULD BE PERSUADED TO LIVE IN THE YELLOW HOUSE TO THINK OF ANY ONE'S WANTING TO SETTLE DOWN IN THAT LITTLE DESERTED SPOT BEULAH WERE THE ONLY SOUND THAT EVER STRIKES ONE'S EAR IS OSH POPHAM'S LAUGH OR THE TINKLE OF A COW BELL OH IF MY OWN GIRLS WOULD WRITE ME LETTERS LIKE THIS LETTING ME SEE HOW THEIR MINDS ARE GROWING HOW THEY ARE TAKING HOLD OF LIFE ABOVE ALL WHAT IS IN THEIR HEARTS WELL LITTLE MISS NANCY CAREY HONEST OUTSPOKEN CONFIDENTIAL CLEVER LITTLE NANCY WHO CALLS ME HER DEAREST MISTER HAMILTON AND THANKS ME FOR LETTING HER LIVE IN MY YELLOW HOUSE YOU SHALL NEVER BE DISTURBED AND IF YOU AND GILBERT EVER EARN ENOUGH MONEY TO BUY IT IT SHALL GO TO YOU CHEAP THERE'S NOT ONE OF MY BROOD THAT WOULD LIVE IN IT EXCEPT TOM PERHAPS FOR AFTER SPENDING THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS THEY EVEN GOT TIRED OF DANCING IN THE BARN ON SATURDAY NIGHTS SO IF IT CAN FALL INTO THE HANDS OF SOME ONE WHO WILL BRING A BLESSING ON IT GOOD OLD GRANNIE HAMILTON WILL REST PEACEFULLY IN HER GRAVE
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