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He must write to them oftener, all of them, no matter how busy and anxious he might be; especially to Tom, who was so far away. HE MUST WRITE TO THEM OFTENER ALL OF THEM NO MATTER HOW BUSY AND ANXIOUS HE MIGHT BE ESPECIALLY TO TOM WHO WAS SO FAR AWAY
glanced from one family to the other and back again, several times. The Careys were handsomer, there was no doubt of that; but there was a deeper difference that eluded him. The Hamiltons were far more stylishly dressed, but they all looked a little conscious and a little discontented. That was it; the Careys were happier! There were six of them, living in the forgotten Hamilton house in a half-deserted village, on five or six hundred dollars a year, and doing their own housework, and they were happier than his own brood, spending forty or fifty times that sum. Well, they were grown up, his sons and daughters, and the only change in their lives now would come from wise or unwise marriages. No poverty-stricken sons-in-law would ever come into the family, with Mrs. Hamilton standing at the bars, he was sure of that! As for the boys, they might choose their mates in Texas or China; they might even have chosen them now, for aught he knew, though Jack was only twenty-six and Tom twenty-two. E THEIR LIKENESSES HE GLANCED FROM ONE FAMILY TO THE OTHER AND BACK AGAIN SEVERAL TIMES THE CAREYS WERE HANDSOMER THERE WAS NO DOUBT OF THAT BUT THERE WAS A DEEPER DIFFERENCE THAT ELUDED HIM THE HAMILTONS WERE FAR MORE STYLISHLY DRESSED BUT THEY ALL LOOKED A LITTLE CONSCIOUS AND A LITTLE DISCONTENTED THAT WAS IT THE CAREYS WERE HAPPIER THERE WERE SIX OF THEM LIVING IN THE FORGOTTEN HAMILTON HOUSE IN A HALF DESERTED VILLAGE ON FIVE OR SIX HUNDRED DOLLARS A YEAR AND DOING THEIR OWN HOUSEWORK AND THEY WERE HAPPIER THAN HIS OWN BROOD SPENDING FORTY OR FIFTY TIMES THAT SUM WELL THEY WERE GROWN UP HIS SONS AND DAUGHTERS AND THE ONLY CHANGE IN THEIR LIVES NOW WOULD COME FROM WISE OR UNWISE MARRIAGES NO POVERTY STRICKEN SONS IN LAW WOULD EVER COME INTO THE FAMILY WITH MISSUS HAMILTON STANDING AT THE BARS HE WAS SURE OF THAT AS FOR THE BOYS THEY MIGHT CHOOSE THEIR MATES IN TEXAS OR CHINA THEY MIGHT EVEN HAVE CHOSEN THEM BY NOW FOR AUGHT HE KNEW THOUGH JACK WAS ONLY TWENTY SIX AND TOM TWENTY TWO
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