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cried Nancy eagerly. "Fifty of her!" At which everybody laughed. "And what became of the money you put in Uncle Allan's business?" asked Gilbert with unexpected intelligence. CRIED NANCY EAGERLY FIFTY OF HER AT WHICH EVERYBODY LAUGHED AND WHAT BECAME OF THE MONEY YOU PUT IN UNCLE ALLAN'S BUSINESS ASKED GILBERT WITH UNEXPECTED INTELLIGENCE
ittle names, and all sorts of words that tried to describe her charm (and couldn't), so there was Poppet and Smiles and Minx and Rogue and Midget and Ladybird and finally Nan and Nannie by degrees, to soberer Nancy. "Nancy is ten to-day," mused the Admiral. "Bless my soul, how time flies! You were a young Ensign, Carey, and I well remember the letter you wrote me when this little lass came into harbor! Just wait a minute; I believe the scrap of newspaper verse you enclosed has been in my wallet ever since. I always liked it." "I recall writing to you," said Mr. Carey. "As you had lent me five hundred dollars to be married on, I thought I ought to keep you posted!" "Oh, father! did you have to borrow money?" cried Kathleen. "I did, my dear. There's no disgrace in borrowing, if you pay back, and I did. Your Uncle Allan was starting in business, and I had just put my little capital in with his when I met your mother. If you had met your mother wouldn't you have wanted to marry her?" "Yes! TIVES FOR HER NICKNAMES FOND NAMES LITTLE NAMES AND ALL SORTS OF WORDS THAT TRIED TO DESCRIBE HER CHARM AND COULDN'T SO THERE WAS POPPET AND SMILES AND MINX AND ROGUE AND MIDGET AND LADYBIRD AND FINALLY NAN AND NANNY BY DEGREES TO SOBER AND NANCY NANCY IS TEN TO DAY MUSED THE ADMIRAL BLESS MY SOUL HOW TIME FLIES YOU WERE A LITTLE ENSIN CAREY AND I WELL REMEMBER THE LETTER YOU WROTE ME WHEN THIS LITTLE LASS CAME INTO HARBOR JUST WAIT A MINUTE I BELIEVE THE SCRAP OF NEWSPAPER FOR I SHOULD ENCLOSED HAS BEEN IN MY WALLET EVER SINCE I ALWAYS LIKED IT I RECALL WRITING TO YOU SAID MISTER CAREY AS YOU HAD LENT ME FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS TO BE MARRIED ON I THOUGHT I OUGHT TO KEEP YOU POSTED OH FATHER DID YOU HAVE TO BORROW MONEY CRIED KATHLEEN I DID MY DEAR THERE'S NO DISGRACE IN BORROWING IF YOU PAY IT BACK AND I DID YOUR UNCLE ALLAN WAS STARTING IN BUSINESS AND I HAD JUST PUT MY LITTLE CAPITAL IN WITH HIS WHEN I MET YOUR MOTHER IF YOU HAD MET YOUR MOTHER WOULDN'T YOU HAVE WANTED TO MARRY HER YES
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