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"That's me!" said Bill. "Well, if you'll be good enough to come back once more to night with a little of everything, we'll be very much obliged. We have an oil stove, tea and coffee, tinned meats, bread and fruit; what we need most is butter, eggs, milk, and flour. THAT'S ME SAID BILL WELL IF YOU WOULD BE GOOD ENOUGH TO COME BACK ONCE MORE TO NIGHT WITH A LITTLE OF EVERYTHING WE'LL BE VERY MUCH OBLIGED WE HAVE AN OIL STOVE TEA AND COFFEE TINNED MEATS BREAD AND FRUIT WHAT WE NEED MOST IS BUTTER EGGS MILK AND FLOUR
 by the new tone in her voice. Nancy's and Kitty's arms encircled their mother's waist. Gilbert with sudden instinct took off his hat, and Peter, looking at his elder brother wonderingly, did the same. There was a moment of silence; the kind of golden silence that is full to the brim of thoughts and prayers and memories and hopes and desires,--so full of all these and other beautiful, quiet things that it makes speech seem poor and shabby; then Mother Carey turned, and the Yellow House was blessed. Colonel Wheeler and Bill Harmon at the gate never even suspected that there had been a little service on the threshold, when they came up the pathway to see if there was anything more needed. "I set up all the bedsteads and got the mattresses on 'em," said Bill Harmon, "thinkin' the sandman would come early to-night." "I never heard of anything so kind and neighborly!" cried Mrs. Carey gratefully. "I thought we should have to go somewhere else to sleep. Is it you who keeps the village store? EY FLOCKED IN ALL THEIR LAUGHTER HUSHED BY THE NEW TONE IN HER VOICE NANCY'S AND KITTY'S ARMS ENCIRCLED THEIR MOTHER'S WAIST GILBERT WITH SUDDEN INSTINCT TOOK OFF HIS HAT AND PETER LOOKING AT HIS ELDER BROTHER WONDERINGLY DID THE SAME THERE WAS A MOMENT OF SILENCE THE KIND OF GOLDEN SILENCE THAT IS FULL TO THE BRIM OF THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS AND MEMORIES AND HOPES AND DESIRES SO FULL OF ALL THESE AND OTHER BEAUTIFUL QUIET THINGS THAT IT MAKES SPEECH SEEM POOR AND SHABBY THEN MOTHER TURNED AND THE YELLOW HOUSE WAS BLESSED COLONEL WHEELER AND BILL HARMON AT THE GATE NEVER EVEN SUSPECTED THAT THERE HAD BEEN A LITTLE SERVICE ON THE THRESHOLD WHEN THEY CAME UP THE PATHWAY TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANYTHING MORE NEEDED I SET UP THE BEDSTEADS AND GOT THE MATTRESSES ON EM SAID BILL HARMON THINKIN THE SANDMAN WOULD COME EARLY TO NIGHT I NEVER HEARD OF ANYTHING SO KIND AND NEIGHBORLY CRIED MISSUS CAREY GRATEFULLY I THOUGHT WE SHOULD HAVE TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE TO SLEEP IS IT YOU WHO KEEPS THE VILLAGE STORE
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