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"Julia is a Carey chicken after all, Gilbert," she said. "But she's Uncle Allan's chicken, and I'm Captain Carey's eldest son." "That's the very note I should strike if I were you," his mother responded, "only with a little different accent. What would Captain Carey's eldest son like to do for his only cousin, a little girl younger than himself,  a girl who had a very silly, unwise, unhappy mother for the first five years of her life, and who is now practically fatherless, for a time at least?" JULIA IS A CAREY CHICKEN AFTER ALL GILBERT SHE SAID BUT SHE'S UNCLE ALLAN'S CHICKEN AND I'M CAPTAIN CAREY'S ELDEST SON THAT'S THE VERY NOTE I SHOULD STRIKE IF I WERE YOU HIS MOTHER RESPONDED ONLY WITH A LITTLE DIFFERENT ACCENT WHAT WOULD CAPTAIN CAREY'S ELDEST SON LIKE TO DO FOR HIS ONLY COUSIN A LITTLE GIRL YOUNGER THAN HIMSELF A GIRL WHO HAS HAD A VERY SILLY UNWISE UNHAPPY MOTHER FOR THE FIRST FIVE YEARS OF HER LIFE AND WHO WAS NOW PRACTICALLY FATHERLESS FOR A TIME AT LEAST
e disliked the wall side of the bed, the middle seat in the carriage, the heel of the loaf, the underdone biscuit, the tail part of the fish, the scorched end of the omelet. "It will make more difference to me than anybody," she said gloomily. "Everything makes more difference to you, Kitty," remarked Gilbert. "I mean I'm always fourth when the cake plate's passed,--in everything! Now Julia'll be fourth, and I shall be fifth; it's lucky people can't tumble off the floor!" "Poor abused Kathleen!" cried Gilbert. "Well, mother, you're always right, but I can't see why you take another one into the family, when we've been saying for a week there isn't even enough for us five to live on. It looks mighty queer to put me in the public school and spend the money you save that way, on Julia!" Way down deep in her heart Mother Carey felt a pang. There was a little seed of hard self-love in Gilbert that she wanted him to dig up from the soil and get rid of before it sprouted and waxed too strong. KS AND ALL THEY STOOD FOR IN LIFE SHE DISLIKED THE WALLSIDE OF THE BED THE MIDDLE SEAT OF THE CARRIAGE THE HEEL OF THE LOAF THE UNDERDONE BISCUIT THE TAIL PART OF THE FISH THE SCORCHED END OF THE OMELET IT WILL MAKE MORE DIFFERENCE TO ME THAN ANYBODY SHE SAID GLOOMILY EVERYTHING MAKES MORE DIFFERENCE TO YOU KITTY REMARKED GILBERT I MEAN I'M ALWAYS FOURTH WHEN THE CAKE PLATE'S PAST IN EVERYTHING NOW JULIA'LL BE FOURTH AND I SHALL BE FIFTH IT'S LUCKY PEOPLE CAN'T TUMBLE OFF THE FLOOR POOR ABUSED KATHLEEN CRIED GILBERT WELL MOTHER YOU'RE ALWAYS RIGHT BUT I CAN'T SEE WHY YOU'LL TAKE ANOTHER ONE INTO THE FAMILY WHEN WE'VE BEEN SAYING FOR A WEEK THAT THERE ISN'T EVEN ENOUGH FOR US FIVE TO LIVE ON IT LOOKS MIGHTY QUEER TO PUT ME IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL AND SPEND THE MONEY YOU SAVED THAT WAY ON JULIA WAY DOWN DEEP IN HER HEART MOTHER CAREY FELT A PANG THERE WAS A LITTLE SEED OF HARD SELF LOVE IN GILBERT THAT SHE WANTED TO DIG UP FROM THE SOIL AND GET RID OF BEFORE IT SPROUTED AND WAXED TOO STRONG
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