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If she could keep strength enough to guide and guard, train and develop them into happy, useful, agreeable human beings,  masters of their own powers; wise and discreet enough, when years of discretion were reached, to choose right paths,  that, she conceived, was her chief task in life, and no easy one. IF SHE COULD KEEP STRENGTH ENOUGH TO GUIDE AND GUARD TRAIN AND DEVELOP THEM INTO HAPPY USEFUL AGREEABLE HUMAN BEINGS MASTERS OF THEIR OWN POWERS WISE AND DISCREET ENOUGH WHEN YEARS OF DISCRETION WERE REACHED TO CHOOSE RIGHT PATHS THAT SHE CONCEIVED WAS HER CHIEF TASK IN LIFE AND NO EASY ONE
start us on our new voyage. Beulah means land of promise;--that's a good omen!" "And father found Beulah; and father found the house, and father blessed it and loved it and named it; that makes ever so many more good omens, more than enough to start housekeeping on," Nancy answered, kissing her mother goodnight. VII "OLD BEASTS INTO NEW" Mother Carey went to sleep that night in greater peace than she had felt for months. It had seemed to her, all these last sad weeks, as though she and her brood had been breasting stormy waters with no harbor in sight. There were friends in plenty here and there, but no kith and kin, and the problems to be settled were graver and more complex than ordinary friendship could untangle, vexed as it always was by its own problems. She had but one keen desire: to go to some quiet place where temptations for spending money would be as few as possible, and there live for three or four years, putting her heart and mind and soul on fitting the children for life.  CHAPTER SEVEN OF MOTHER CAREY'S CHICKENS THIS IS A LIBER BOX RECORDING ALL LIBER VOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIEBRAVOX DOT ORG MOTHER CAREY'S CHICKENS BY KATE DOUGLAS WIGGINS CHAPTER SEVEN OLD BEASTS INTO NEW MOTHER CAREY WENT TO SLEEP THAT NIGHT IN GREATER PEACE THAN SHE HAD FELT FOR MONTHS IT HAD SEEMED TO HER ALL THESE LAST SAD WEEKS AS THOUGH SHE AND HER BROOD HAD BEEN BREASTING STORMY WATERS WITH NO HARBOUR IN SIGHT THERE WERE FRIENDS IN PLENTY HERE AND THERE BUT NO KITH AND KIN AND THE PROBLEMS TO BE SETTLED WERE GRAVER AND MORE COMPLEX THAN ORDINARY FRIENDSHIP COULD UNTANGLE VEXED AS IT ALWAYS WAS BY ITS OWN PROBLEMS SHE HAD BUT ONE KEEN DESIRE TO GO TO SOME QUIET PLACE WHERE TEMPTATIONS FOR SPENDING MONEY WOULD BE AS FEW AS POSSIBLE AND THERE LIVED FOR THREE OR FOUR YEARS PUTTING HER HEART AND MIND AND SOUL ON FITTING THE CHILDREN FOR LIFE
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