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Somebody‚Äôll have to take the baby and nobody seems anxious to. I‚Äôve got eight myself, or I‚Äôd think about it. He‚Äôs a fine little chap.‚ÄĚ Pa, with Ma‚Äôs parting admonition ringing in his ears, did not bid on anything, although it will never be known how great was the heroic self restraint he put on himself, until just at the last, when he did bid on a collection of flower pots, thinking he might indulge himself to that small extent. SUPPOSE I'LL HAVE TO TAKE THE BABY AND NOBODY SEEMS ANXIOUS TO I'VE GOT EIGHT MYSELF OR I'D THINK ABOUT IT HE'S A FINE LITTLE CHAP PA WITH MUCH PARTING ADMONITION RING IN HIS EARS DID NOT BID OR KIT ANYTHING ALTHOUGH IT WILL NEVER BE KNOWN HOW GREAT WAS THE HERO SELF RESTRAINT HE PUT ON HIMSELF UNTIL JUST AT THE LAST WHEN HE DID PUT ON A COLLECTION OF FLYERPOTS THINKING THAT HE MIGHT INDULGE HIMSELF TO THAT SMALL EXTENT
ife had been poor. When they died within six weeks of each other, one of consumption and one of pneumonia, they left nothing but debts and a little furniture. The house had been a rented one. The bidding on the various poor articles of household gear put up for sale was not brisk, but had an element of resigned determination. Carmody people knew that these things had to be sold to pay the debts, and they could not be sold unless they were bought. Still, it was a very tame affair. A woman came out of the house carrying a baby of about eighteen months in her arms, and sat down on the bench beneath the window. ‚ÄúThere‚Äôs Marthy Blair with the Garland Baby,‚ÄĚ said Robert Lawson to Pa. ‚ÄúI‚Äôd like to know what‚Äôs to become of that poor young one!‚ÄĚ ‚ÄúAin‚Äôt there any of the father‚Äôs or mother‚Äôs folks to take him?‚ÄĚ asked Pa. ‚ÄúNo. Horace had no relatives that anybody ever heard of. Mrs. Horace had a brother; but he went to Manitoba years ago, and nobody knows where he is now. WHICH PA STILL LIVED OVER IN HAPPY DREAMS HORACE GARLAND AND HIS WIFE HAD BEEN POOR WHEN THEY DIED WITHIN SIX WEEKS OF EACH OTHER ONE OF CONSUMPTION AND ONE OF PNEUMONIA THEY LEFT NOTHING BUT DEBT AND A LITTLE FURNITURE THE HOUSE HAD BEEN A RENTED ONE THE BIDDING ON THE VARIOUS POORER ARTICLES OF HOUSEHOLD YEAR PUT UP FOR SALE WAS NOT BRISK BUT HAD AN ELEMENT OF RESIGNED DETERMINATION CARMODY PEOPLE KNOWS THESE THINGS HAD TO BE SOLD TO PAY THE DEBT AND THEY COULD NOT BE SOLD UNLESS THEY WERE BOUGHT STILL IT WAS A VERY TAME AFFAIR A WOMAN CAME OUT OF THE HOUSE CARRYING A BABY OF VOTE EIGHTEEN MONTHS IN HER ARMS AND SAT DOWN ON THE BENCH BESIDE THE WINDOW THERE'S MARTHY BLAIR WAS THE GARLAND BABY SAID ROBERT LAWSON PAPA I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT'S TO BECOME OF THIS POOR YOUNG ONE AIN'T THERE ANY OF THE FATHER OR MOTHER FOLKS TO TAKE EM ASKED PA NO HORSEHEAD NO RELATIVES THAT ANYBODY EVER HEARD OF MISSUS HORACE HAD A BROTHER BUT HE WENT TO MANITOBART YEARS AGO AND NOBODY KNOWS WHERE HE IS NOW
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