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Was Beulah the right place, wondered Mrs. Carey as she dropped asleep. And all night long she heard in dreams the voice of that shining little river that ran under the bridge near Beulah village; and all night long she walked in fields of buttercups and daisies, and saw the June breeze blow the tall grasses. WAS BEULAH THE RIGHT PLACE MUTTERED MISSUS CAREY AS SHE DROPPED ASLEEP AND ALL NIGHT LONG SHE HEARD IN DREAMS THE VOICE OF THAT SHINING LITTLE RIVER THAT RAN UNDER THE BRIDGE NEAR BEULAH VILLAGE AND ALL NIGHT LONG SHE WALKED IN FIELDS OF BUTTERCUPS AND DAISIES AND SAW THE JUNE BREEZE BLOW THE TALL GRASSES
remarks discreetly. And when Tom came nearer to the white glittering peak it took the form of something like a lovely woman sitting on a white marble throne. And from the foot of the throne, you remember, there swam away, out and out into the sea, millions of new-born creatures of more shapes and colors than man ever dreamed. And they were Mother Carey's children whom she makes all day long. Tom expected,--I am still telling you what happened to the famous water baby,--Tom expected (like some grown people who ought to know better) that he would find Mother Carey snipping, piecing, fitting, stitching, cobbling, basting, filing, planing, hammering, turning, polishing, moulding, measuring, chiselling, clipping, and so forth, as men do when they go to work to make anything. But instead of that she sat quite still with her chin upon her hand, looking down into the sea with two great blue eyes as blue as the sea itself. (As blue as our own mother's blue velvet bonnet, Kitty would have said.) M THAT'S HER CONCERN NOT MINE THE WHALE REMARKS DISCREETLY AND WHEN TOM CAME NEARER TO THE WHITE GLITTERING PEAK IT TOOK THE FORM OF SOMETHING LIKE A LOVELY WOMANITTING ON A WHITE MARBLE THRONE AND FROM THE FOOT OF THE THRONE YOU REMEMBER THERE SWAM AWAY OUT AND OUT INTO THE SEA MILLIONS OF NEW BORN CREATURES OF MORE SHAPES AND COLORS THAN MAN EVER DREAMED AND THEY WERE MOTHER CAREY'S CHILDREN WHOM SHE MAKES ALL DAY LONG TOM EXPECTED I AM STILL TELLING YOU WHAT HAPPENED TO THE FAMOUS WATER BABY TOM EXPECTED LIKE SOME GROWN PEOPLE WHO OUGHT TO KNOW BETTER THAT HE WOULD FIND MOTHER CAREY SNIPPING PIECING FITTING STITCHING COBBLING BASTING FILING PLANING HAMMERING TURNING POLISHING MOULDING MEASURING CHISELING CLIPPING AND SO FORTH AS MEN DO WHEN THEY GO TO WORK TO MAKE ANYTHING BUT INSTEAD OF THAT SHE SAT QUITE STILL WITH HER CHIN UPON HER HAND LOOKING DOWN INTO THE SEA WITH TWO GREAT BLUE EYES AS BLUE AS THE SEA ITSELF AS BLUE AS HER OWN MOTHER'S BLUE VELVET BONNET KITTY WOULD HAVE SAID
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