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"She got off at the wrong station," panted Kathleen at the foot of the stairs, "and had to be driven five miles, or she would have got here as she planned, an hour before we did. She's come to help us settle, and says she was afraid mother would overdo. Did you drop anything? SHE GOT OFF AT THE WRONG STATION PANTED KATHLEEN AT THE FOOT OF THE STAIRS AND HAD TO BE DRIVEN FIVE MILES OR SHE WOULD HAVE GOT HERE AS SHE PLANNED AN HOUR BEFORE WE DID SHE'S COME TO HELP US SETTLE AND SAYS SHE'S AFRAID MOTHER WOULD OVERDO DID YOU DROP ANYTHING
oy up step by step with slow, painful effort. Kathleen ran out and put two vases on the lowest step and ran back to the house for the other pair. Gilbert and Nancy stood at the top of the stairs with You Dirty Boy between them, settling where he could be easiest reached if he had to be brought down for any occasion,--an unwelcome occasion that was certain to occur sometime in the coming years. Suddenly they heard their names called in a tragic whisper! "_Gilbert! Nancy! Quick! Cousin Ann's at the front gate_!" There was a crash! No human being, however self-contained, could have withstood the shock of that surprise; coming as it did so swiftly, so unexpectedly, and with such awful inappropriateness. Gilbert and Nancy let go of You Dirty Boy simultaneously, and he fell to the floor in two large fragments, the break occurring so happily that the mother and the washcloth were on one half, and the boy on the other,--a situation long desired by the boy, to whom the parting was most welcome!  CHAMBER AND LIFTED YOU DIRTY BOY UP STEP BY STEP WITH SLOW PAINFUL EFFORT KATHLEEN RAN OUT AND PUT TWO FACES ON THE LOWEST STEP AND RAN BACK TO THE HOUSE FOR THE OTHER PAIR GILBERT AND NANCY STOOD AT THE TOP OF THE STAIRS WITH YOU DIRTY BOY BETWEEN THEM SETTLING WHERE HE COULD BE EASIEST REACHED IF HE HAD TO BE BROUGHT OUT FOR ANY OCCASION AN UNWELCOME OCCASION THAT WAS CERTAIN TO OCCUR SOMETIME IN THE COMING YEARS SUDDENLY THEY HEARD THEIR NAMES CALLED IN A TRAGIC WHISPER GILBERT NANCY QUICK COUSIN ANN'S AT THE FRONT GATE THERE WAS A CRASH NO HUMAN BEING HOWEVER SELF CONTAINED COULD HAVE WITHSTOOD THE SHOCK OF THAT SURPRISE COMING AS IT DID SO SWIFTLY SO UNEXPECTEDLY AND WITH SUCH AWFUL INAPPROPRIATENESS GILBERT AND NANCY LET GO OF YOU DIRTY BOY SIMULTANEOUSLY AND HE FELL TO THE FLOOR IN TWO LARGE FRAGMENTS THE BREAK OCCURRING SO HAPPILY THAT THE MOTHER AND THE WASHCLOTH WERE ON ONE HALF AND THE BOY ON THE OTHER A SITUATION LONG DESIRED BY THE BOY TO WHOM THE PARTING WAS MOST WELCOME
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