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"She took my forlorn, cheerless room and made it into a home for me," said Thurston. "Perhaps she wanted me to stay in it a little more, and bother her less! At any rate she has created an almost possible rival to the Yellow House!" Ralph Thurston had a large, rather dreary room over Bill Harmon's store, and took his meals at the Widow Berry's, near by. He was an orphan and had no money to spend on luxuries, because all his earnings went to pay the inevitable debts incurred when a fellow is working his way through college. SHE TOOK MY FORLORN CHEERLESS ROOM AND MADE IT INTO A HOME FOR ME SAID THURSTON PERHAPS SHE WANTED ME TO STAY IN A LITTLE MORE AND BOTHER HER LESS AT ANY RATE SHE HAS CREATED AN ALMOST POSSIBLE RIVAL TO THE YELLOW HOUSE RALPH THURSTON HAD A LARGE DREARY ROOM OVER BILL HARMON'S DOOR AND HE TOOK HIS MEALS AT THE WIDOW BARRY'S NEAR BY HE WAS AN ORPHAN AND HAD NO MONEY TO SPEND ON LUXURIES BECAUSE ALL HIS EARNINGS WENT TO PAY THE INEVITABLE DEBTS INCURRED WHEN A FELLOW IS WORKING HIS WAY THROUGH COLLEGE
" Ralph Thurston came in blushing and smiling, glad to be welcomed, fearful of intruding, afraid of showing how much he liked to be there. "Good-evening, all!" he said. "You see I couldn't wait to thank you, Mrs. Carey! No storm could keep me away to-night." "What has mother been doing, now?" asked Nancy. "Her right hand is forever busy, and she never tells her left hand a thing, so we children are always in the dark." "It was nothing much," said Mrs. Carey, pushing the young man gently into the high-backed rocker. "Mrs. Harmon, Mrs. Popham, and I simply tried to show our gratitude to Mr. Thurston for teaching our troublesome children." "How did you know it was my birthday?" asked Thurston. "Didn't you write the date in Lallie Joy's book?" "True, I did; and forgot it long ago; but I have never had my birthday noticed before, and I am twenty-four!" "It was high time, then!" said Mother Carey with her bright smile. "But what did mother do?" clamored Nancy, Kathleen and Gilbert in chorus. LL WHY IT'S MISTER THURSTON RALPH THURSTON CAME IN BLUSHING AND SMILING GLAD TO BE WELCOME FEARFUL OF INTRUDING AFRAID OF SHOWING HOW MUCH SHE LIKED TO BE THERE GOOD EVENING ALL HE SAID YOU SEE I COULDN'T WAIT TO THANK YOU MISSUS CAREY NO STORM COULD KEEP ME AWAY TO NIGHT WHAT HAS MOTHER BEEN DOING NOW ASKED NANCY HER RIGHT HAND IS FOREVER BUSY AND SHE NEVER TELLS HER LEFT HAND A THING SO WE CHILDREN ARE ALWAYS IN THE DARK IT WAS NOTHING MUCH IT WAS NOTHING MUCH SAID MISSUS CAREY PUSHING THE YOUNG MAN GENTLY INTO THE HIGH BACKED ROCKER MISSUS HARMON MISSUS POPHAM AND I SIMPLY TRIED TO SHOW OUR GRATITUDE FOR MISTER THURSTON FOR TEACHING OUR TROUBLESOME CHILDREN HOW DID YOU KNOW IT WAS MY BIRTHDAY ASKED THURSTON DIDN'T YOU WRITE THE DATE IN LILLIEJOY'S BOOK TRUE I DID AND FORGOT ABOUT IT LONG AGO I HAVE NEVER HAD MY BIRTHDAY NOTICE BEFORE AND I AM TWENTY FOUR IT WAS HIGH TIME THEN SAID MISSUS CAREY WITH HER BRIGHT SMILE BUT WHAT DID MOTHER DO CLAMORED NANCY KATHLEEN AND GILBERT IN CHORUS
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