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That hand, had she but known it, was stretched out to her because only that day a letter had come, saying that Allan Carey was much worse and that his mental condition admitted of no cure. THAT HAND HAD SHE BUT KNOWN IT WAS STRETCHED OUT TO HER BECAUSE ONLY THAT DAY A LETTER HAD COME SAYING THAT ALLAN CAREY WAS MUCH WORSE AND THAT HIS MENTAL CONDITION ADMITTED OF NO CURE
hat he was the best swooner of the family, and his comical imitation of Nancy was so mirth-compelling that Mother Carey laughed and declared there was no such thing as talking seriously to children like hers. "But, Muddy dear, you weren't in earnest?" coaxed Nancy, bending her bright head over her mother's shoulder and cuddling up to her side; whereupon Gilbert gave his imitation of a jealous puppy; barking, snarling, and pushing his frowzly pate under his mother's arm to crowd Nancy from her point of vantage, to which she clung valiantly. Of course Kitty found a small vacant space on which she could festoon herself, and Peter promptly climbed on his mother's lap, so that she was covered with--fairly submerged in--children! A year ago Julia used to creep away and look at such exhibitions of family affection, with a curling lip, but to-night, at Mother Carey's outstretched hand and smothered cry of "Help, Judy!" she felt herself gathered into the heart of the laughing, boisterous group. NCY HAD SECRETLY TRAINED PETER SO THAT HE WAS THE BEST SWOONER OF THE FAMILY AND HIS COMICAL IMITATION OF NANCY WAS SO MIRTH COMPELLING THAT MOTHER CAREY LAUGHED AND DECLARED THERE WAS NO SUCH THING AS TALKING SERIOUSLY TO CHILDREN LIKE HERS BUT MODIE DEAR YOU WEREN'T IN EARNEST COAXED NANCY BENDING HER BRIGHT HEAD OVER HER MOTHER'S SHOULDER AND CUDDLING UP TO HER SIDE WHEREUPON GILBERT GAVE HIS IMITATION OF A JEALOUS PUPPY BARKING SNARLING PUSHING HIS FROWSY PATE UNDER HIS MOTHER'S ARM TO CROWD NANCY FROM A POINT OF VANTAGE TO WHICH SHE CLUNG VALIANTLY OF COURSE KITTY FOUND A SMALL VACANT SPACE ON WHICH SHE COULD FESTOON HERSELF AND PETER PROMPTLY CLIMBED ON HIS MOTHER'S LAP SO THAT SHE WAS COVERED WITH FAIRLY SUBMERGED IN CHILDREN A YEAR AGO JULIA USED TO CREEP AWAY AND LOOK AT SUCH EXHIBITIONS OF FAMILY AFFECTION WITH A CURLING LIP BUT TO NIGHT AT MOTHER CAREY'S OUTSTRETCHED HAND AND SMOTHERED CRY OF HELP JUDY SHE FELT HERSELF GATHERED INTO THE HEART OF THE LAUGHING BOISTEROUS GROUP
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