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"The only question before the council is, does logic belong at the top, in the scale of reasons why we do certain things? If we ask Julia to come, she will have to 'fall into line,' as you say, and share the family misfortunes as best she can." "She's a regular shirk, and always was." This from Kathleen. THE ONLY QUESTION BEFORE THE COUNCIL IS DOES LOGIC BELONG AT THE TOP IN THE SCALE OF REASONS WHY WE DO CERTAIN THINGS IF WE ASK JULIA TO COME SHE WILL HAVE TO FALL INTO LINE AS YOU SAY AND SHARE THE FAMILY MISFORTUNES AS BEST SHE CAN SHE'S A REGULAR SHIRK AND ALWAYS WAS THIS FROM KATHLEEN
wn deep in her heart Mother Carey felt a pang. There was a little seed of hard self-love in Gilbert that she wanted him to dig up from the soil and get rid of before it sprouted and waxed too strong. "Julia is a Carey chicken after all, Gilbert," she said. "But she's Uncle Allan's chicken, and I'm Captain Carey's eldest son." "That's the very note I should strike if I were you," his mother responded, "only with a little different accent. What would Captain Carey's eldest son like to do for his only cousin, a little girl younger than himself,--a girl who had a very silly, unwise, unhappy mother for the first five years of her life, and who is now practically fatherless, for a time at least?" Gilbert wriggled as if in great moral discomfort, as indeed he was. "Well," he said, "I don't want to be selfish, and if the girls say yes, I'll have to fall in; but it isn't logic, all the same, to ask a sixth to share what isn't enough for five." "I agree with you there, Gilly!" smiled his mother. MONEY YOU SAVED THAT WAY ON JULIA WAY DOWN DEEP IN HER HEART MOTHER CAREY FELT A PANG THERE WAS A LITTLE SEED OF HARD SELF LOVE IN GILBERT THAT SHE WANTED TO DIG UP FROM THE SOIL AND GET RID OF BEFORE IT SPROUTED AND WAXED TOO STRONG JULIA IS A CAREY CHICKEN AFTER ALL GILBERT SHE SAID BUT SHE'S UNCLE ALLAN'S CHICKEN AND I'M CAPTAIN CAREY'S ELDEST SON THAT'S THE VERY NOTE I SHOULD STRIKE IF I WERE YOU HIS MOTHER RESPONDED ONLY WITH A LITTLE DIFFERENT ACCENT WHAT WOULD CAPTAIN CAREY'S ELDEST SON LIKE TO DO FOR HIS ONLY COUSIN A LITTLE GIRL YOUNGER THAN HIMSELF A GIRL WHO HAS HAD A VERY SILLY UNWISE UNHAPPY MOTHER FOR THE FIRST FIVE YEARS OF HER LIFE AND WHO WAS NOW PRACTICALLY FATHERLESS FOR A TIME AT LEAST GILBERT WRIGGLED AS IF IN GREAT MORAL DISCOMFORT AS INDEED HE WAS WELL HE SAID I DON'T WANT TO BE SELFISH AND IF THE GIRLS SAY YES I'LL HAVE TO FALL IN BUT IT ISN'T LOGIC ALL THE SAME TO ASK A SIX TO SHARE WHEN THERE ISN'T ENOUGH FOR FIVE I AGREE WITH YOU THERE GILLY SMILED HIS MOTHER
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