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When Pa returned to the kitchen Ma had set the baby on the sofa, fenced him around with chairs so that he couldn‚Äôt fall off and given him a molassed cooky. ‚ÄúNow, Pa Sloane, you can explain,‚ÄĚ she said. Pa explained. Ma listened in grim silence until he had finished. Then she said sternly: ‚ÄúDo you reckon we‚Äôre going to keep this baby?‚ÄĚ ‚ÄúI  I  dunno,‚ÄĚ said Pa. And he didn‚Äôt. ‚ÄúWell, we‚Äôre NOT. WHEN PA RETURNED TO THE KITCHEN MA HAD SET THE BABY ON THE SOFA FENCED HIM AROUND WITH CHAIRS SO THAT HE COULDN'T FALL OFF AND GIVE HIM ALAS SAYS COOKY NOW PA' ALONE YOU CAN'T EXPLAIN SHE SAID PA EXPLAINED MA LI LISTENED AND GRINNED SILENT UNTIL HE HAD FINISHED THEN SHE SAID STERNLY DO YOU RECKON WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THIS BABY I I DON'T KNOW SAID PA AND HE DIDN'T WELL WE'RE NOT
‚ÄúNot a bit of it,‚ÄĚ said Robert Lawson. ‚ÄúAll the money won‚Äôt be too much to pay the debts. There‚Äôs a doctor‚Äôs bill, and this will just about pay it.‚ÄĚ Pa Sloane drove back home, with the sorrel mare still unshod, the baby, and the baby‚Äôs meager bundle of clothes. The baby did not trouble him much; it had become well used to strangers in the past two months, and promptly fell asleep on his arm; but Pa Sloane did not enjoy that drive; at the end of it he mentally saw Ma Sloane. Ma was there, too, waiting for him on the back door-step as he drove into the yard at sunset. Her face, when she saw the baby, expressed the last degree of amazement. ‚ÄúPa Sloane,‚ÄĚ she demanded, ‚Äúwhose is that young one, and where did you get it?‚ÄĚ ‚ÄúI--I--bought it at the auction, Ma,‚ÄĚ said Pa feebly. Then he waited for the explosion. None came. This last exploit of Pa‚Äôs was too much for Ma. With a gasp she snatched the baby from Pa‚Äôs arms, and ordered him to go out and put the mare in. D DOUBTFULLY AT THE MONEY WHICH POM LAID MUTELY DOWN I SUPPOSE THAT PART WAS ONLY A JOKE HE SAID NOT A BIT OF IT SAID ROBERT LAWSON ALL THE MONEY WON'T BE TOO MUCH TO PAY THE DEBTS THOUGH THE DOCTOR'S BEEN THAT THIS WILL JUSTER WON'T PAY IT PUSLON DROVE HOME WITH SOIL MARE STILL AND SHEWED THE BABY AND THE BABY'S MANGER BUNDLE OF CLOTHES THE BABY DID NOT TROUBLE HIM MUCH IT HAD BECOME WELL USED TO STRANGERS IN THE PAST TWO MONTHS AND PROMPTLY FELL ASLEEP IN HIS ARMS BUT PASLON DID NOT ENJOY THAT DRIVE AT THE AND HE MENTALLY SAW MAS ALONE MAMMA WAS THERE WAITING FOR HIM ON THE BACK DOORSTEP AS HE DROVE INTO THE YARD AT SUNSET HER FACE WHEN SHE SAW THE BABY EXPRESS THE LAST DEGREE OF AMAZEMENT PAS ALONE SHE DEMANDED WHO IS THAT YOUNG ONE AND WHERE DID YOU GET IT I I BOUGHT IT AT THE AUCTION MA SAID PA FEEBLY THEN HE WAITED FOR THE EXPLOSION NONE CAME THIS LAST EXPLOIT OF PAU WAS TOO MUCH FOR MA WITH A GASP SHE SNATCHED THE BABY FROM PA'S ARMS AND ORDERED HIM TO GO OUT AND PUT THE MARE IN
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