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You remember that Dr. Holmes says of certain majestic and dignified trees that they ought to have a Christian name, like other folks? YOU REMEMBER THAT DOCTOR HOLMES SAYS OF CERTAIN MAJESTIC AND DIGNIFIED TREES THAT THEY OUGHT TO HAVE A CHRISTIAN NAME LIKE OTHER FOLKS
wing into a home, was full of the busy hum of labor from top to bottom and from morning till night, and there was hardly a moment when Mother Carey and the girls were not transporting articles of furniture through the rooms, and up and down the staircases, to see how they would look somewhere else. This, indeed, had been the diversion of their simple life for many years, and was just as delightful, in their opinion, as buying new things. Any Carey, from mother down to Peter, would spring from his chair at any moment and assist any other Carey to move a sofa, a bureau, a piano, a kitchen stove, if necessary, with the view of determining if it would add a new zest to life in a different position. Not a word has been said thus far about the Yellow House barn, the barn that the "fool Hamilton boys" (according to Bill Harmon's theories) had converted from a place of practical usefulness and possible gain, into something that would "make a cat laugh"; but it really needs a chapter to itself. THE HOUSE WHICH WAS DAILY GROWING INTO A HOME WAS FULL OF THE BUSY HUM OF LABOR FROM TOP TO BOTTOM AND FROM MORNING TILL NIGHT AND THERE WAS HARDLY A MOMENT WHEN MOTHER CAREY AND THE GIRLS WERE NOT TRANSPORTING ARTICLES OF FURNITURE THROUGH THE ROOMS AND UP AND DOWN THE STAIRCASES TO SEE HOW THEY WOULD LOOK SOMEWHERE ELSE THIS INDEED HAD BEEN THE DIVERSION OF THEIR SIMPLE LIFE FOR MANY YEARS AND WAS JUST AS DELIGHTFUL IN THEIR OPINION AS BUYING NEW THINGS ANY CAREY FROM MOTHER DOWN TO PETER WOULD SPRING FROM HIS CHAIR AT ANY MOMENT AND ASSIST ANY OTHER CAREY TO MOVE A SOFA A BUREAU A PIANO A KITCHEN STOVE IF NECESSARY WITH THE VIEW OF DETERMINING IF IT WOULD ADD A NEW ZEST TO LIFE IN A DIFFERENT POSITION NOT A WORD HAD BEEN SAID THUS FAR ABOUT THE YELLOW HOUSE BARN THE BARN THAT THE FOOL HAMILTON BOYS ACCORDING TO BILL HARMON'S THEORIES HAD CONVERTED FROM A PLACE OF PRACTICAL USEFULNESS AND POSSIBLE GAIN INTO SOMETHING THAT WOULD MAKE A CAT LAUGH BUT IT REALLY NEEDS A CHAPTER TO ITSELF
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