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Must Iu t be he ten- ten tenn tennotwelve ten tenoo - n no-twelve no twelve oo - twelve twel\"e twel "e e \ " } vey CVs ? ago that Eben EbenBradford EbenBradford EberBradford Bradford bid h\d h d frid ' \ sen en ( her er a cird c'lrd clrd ' trom from tromBombnv fromBombay fronBombnv Bombnv Bombay . It.s'1id It.s1id Its1id lt4sald It . ' ild , u " "Many Many ' lany lnny happy re returns returns returns turns , " , " and nnd a day or so later camp came campft camea camn ( ft a bl blRbox blgbo .bo bo , . of te ten tea with a flower smel1 smell smel1to smellto smclto to It It . . She1 She \\1 1 \ wished 1'led w'lied wlied ' 'led led ' he'd hed ' given her heran heran heian an addw addrf'CC addrfCC ndIrecc ( ' : : ; * ! , so o she he . , could thank him himlIe himlie himHe lIe couldnt couldn 1 . , t , "ha'ye haye " Iiiie ll\\e ll e \ \ ' love Iove loved her very verymuch veryynuch verjmuch much ynuch , . Thlrt TbIrt Thirty ) five five fie scars sears ears and be beneer beneer h hnever < never ne\-er ne er neer \ - came , back back After the first firstyear firstyear firelyear year away he never ne.er neer . wrote "rote rote " . If It only she 81)e 81e slie ) could could have gone ! Gone Goneto Goneto Gontto to Ihe lie Jh e In the lo tjoue } house e he be was wns going goingto goingto golnto ( ; to build tJuiId ulld tor foj for . bjt her hr ! In 10 "hot hot " sunshine sunshinelooking , lool.ln loolln looktn . down don do"n don " on a blue llue ! eca sea ca caIt It " ItIt It If Itonly Ifonly Honly ' only she sne could oud ou have bn\e bn e hae \ % gone-but gone but gone - - but there there"ns there"as thenwas . "ns ns "as as " her sick ' sick 'sick Dwiher niDther piother , then her fa faflier fatber . , ther flier , anf afl anO ( finally firully fln y Alice AUce UceJ UceJw , wth with w ( tb five fivebnble fivebableShed1 flv flvbablc < bableShed1 bablc bnble . , . { .She She . ci dlbeen beeq beer twenty when he hewent hewent h < \ ' went : . At thirty abe she was 8 stllLcer still till " c cheer.ful cheerful er . , , . ful . , hut but .h h . Jier h r hatr haIr afr ! wa ' " was a a.ulte quite \.ulte .ulte < \ . ule , Kra KraOnly ra raOnly " , - Only hfr h her r 1r Jqey ( lgv.ejy lgvejy . . eJy 9 9rk 9ik dark rk ejes eyes e es wereyong were sin ttWyo ) , , yovn yong np . . j3fp .SQP.JtoOJif SQP.JtoOJif SQPJtoOJif .SQP.JtoOJif1J ( | oo1 oo1itherself oo vi1 1J 1Jit it ither { at'herself atherself itherself " ' her elt In th thglass thglass ( glass Littlp LittlE ' . , .J)1 .J1 J1 . ) pipusv nwcsld JJ \ , \ old ldl- ldl ldlBut - . 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Molly MoJJy alld ayid and Roth Ruth Rothcan Ruthcan Rnttcan > ' " " ' can help me " , I , 3 . > They're Theyre 'They'r Theyr "They're ' " ' ' dead , poor things thlngsl , 1 I The Thedance Thedance Thdance ( > dance last Jact ; nlght- nlght night- night nlghtj nlght"Don't night"Don't night - " " j "Don't Dont " ' I a'ways aways always ' finish on time tJme timeAlice , ' ' ) 5l , .I\J .IJ .I I J .IJry . ' \ AliceV Alice ? i ry tifi ffJ.t 16 ffJ .t t . . . , . J . . , juOohAunt j < uOoh-Aunt uOoh Aunt "Ooli-Aunt "Ooli Ooli "Ooh Ooh " - Aunt . . .Phrone Phrone . ' " That . wasfrom wasfrom was wasfrotu ' frotu from tIl the chIJdle chflthen cliIldTen'3 cliIldTen3 'S S ' room Joan and andMirge ancMirge ancMirgeere hrge Mirge " \\ere ere "ere were \ \ thirteen and nnd sixteen sixteen"Put sixteen"Put sixteen'Tut sixteenTut "Put Put " ' " do\\ do dotour downkour down don \ n tour kour our windows wlndo\\ wlndo wlndos \ s , Aunt AuntPllrone AuntPhrone Aun'Phrone AunPhrone ' Pllrone Phrone , and nl1 f:1\ f:1 f1 : pi\e pi e f:1e gte \ \ e tlie tIle the furnace ipoke a apoke apoke poke Like GI Gicenlind Gieenlqncl eenl1nd In here Aunt AuntPhrone AuntPhrone AuniPhrone Phrone , , mike m'1ke m1ke m'ike ' ' pancakes for bre'lk brelk bre-ik bre ik bre'lkfast breikfast breikfast ' - fast , please " "bh bh "Sh Sh " Sh Phrone- Phrone Pbrone- Pbrone PhroneAlice PbroneAlice Phrone - " Alice again . , don't dont 4don't 4 , ' iou 30u ou ) want vant Peggv Pegg Peggy } to get some somesleep somesleep somsleep ( sleep ? If It I hid h'ld hld h'icl hicl ' ' n a cup of coffee coffeeblack , , blac blach , ! to get tqese these tlese aspirins do down downSh'ill downShill n nSh'l11 Sh'l11 Shl11 Sh'ill Shill ' ? ' ' ' I come down don "No No " 1\0 1 0 \ , o , I'll Ill ' bring brmg it It . . " She put the kettle on , prepared preparedthe preparedthe preparecthe the drip cotree coffee coffeepot pot ; fiedo fle\\ fle fie\\ fie flew fledown \ \ \ do\\ do dow down don \ n a to tothe tothe tthe ( the fur ( fumice mn-ice mn ice n'lce nlce ' - , stru struggled gled "I I " with uth th the thehe theheivy thheiw ( he\ he herv heivy ' \ -rv rv - door ; took Alice AJIce her coffee coffeeThen coffeeThen coffeeThen Then slic she anxiously an\Iouslv an Iouslv arrdously " \ : Inspected the thepan thepan thpan ( pan of dough she'd shed ' set for clo closer closerrolls cloveirolls , er errolls rolls It Itvas " \vas vas was \ as just light llght enough She Sheturned Sheturned Shturned ( turned It out on the board Witl With Withthe Withthe ; the rolls in the pans , she considered consideredhow consideredhow consideredhow how much Icing she d make for tor the thesix thesir thesir six sir pound caI cakes es she baked yester yesterday yesterday yesterday day . Oh ( dear denr lear , the " whole hole sink board boardtaken boardtaken boardtaken taken up by dirty dlrty dishes I ' Mo11y Molly Mo11yand Mollyand Mollyand and Ruth must mnst have ha\e ha e base \ hid h'ld hld h'id ' ' the gang In gangin Chocolite Choeol1te Chocol'ite ' , and cake crumbs crumbsOh crumbsOh crumbsOh theyhid theyh'1l1 theyh'id Oh , , thev they couldn't couldnt ' h'l\ h'l hl h'lebut lrise-but lrise but hive ' \ e-but e but - - but they h'1l1 h1l1 h'id hid ' ' Three cakes cnkeq were left lett . Her brother lrotller ) In law appeared "Your Your "Yourbu "Yourbuss " "YOUIbus YOUIbus " bu buss > ) div d'i3 di3 d'1 d1 ' ' , Phrone I don't dont ' want wantmuch wantmuch wantmuch much ; just eggs and baconIt bacon ItHe It " He Be Hesn1ed Besff Hesniffed sn1ed sn1edulot sff ! ! ! , , "Ho Ho "it it ulot " ! t r roils roija 1.J.I 1J.I 1JI < . . ! " ' 'Not Not ' N veT , et , John JoliST ' I'll Ill I'JJ IJJ ' ' make you youtoast youtoast youtoast toast . " "No No uNo " , ' I'll Ill ' wait walt Iou'ie Iouie You'le Youle You'ie Youie ' some cook cook.Phrone cookPhrone , . Phrone " Before she could finish the cahes cabes cahesthe cabesthe cakesthe the girls were do down " n . , all talking at atonce atonce atonce once , squabbling 0\ 0 over 0er oer \ er the maU mail mall.perched mallperched . , perched on table and nnd sink , eating . . . "A A uA " letter for you , Aunt Phrone ; on the hnll hnJI hall able table ( One of those'Plnk thosePink those Pink 'Plnk Plnk ' pills pms for pale lale ) people ' ads "At At " At one thirty Alice fi fixed fia.ed fiaed . ed a tray forPeggy forPeggy for forPeggy Peggy . ' Tou You forgot her . , Phrone Phrone7 PhroneThe ? " IThe I ( , The readyfor rendytor dining room wasn't wasnt wacn't wacnt : ' h'll hll hilf half ' ! ready rendy toI for tor the buffet supper , they had to togo togo I to'go togo ' go to the church nt at four , at five fiC the fi\ fi fij theI fivethey'd \ C j I they'd theyd ' be back bacJ hack . ' ' There 'lhere lhere 'ihere ihere wis W1S n a hulla hullaI hullabaloo hullaibaloo I ' baloo about dressingI dressingIt dressing I It \ \ as midnight mll1nlght when she fel1lnto fel1lntoI fel1lntobel1 fell intobed Into I , bed bel1 . Oh , this cold I ' For ror lor the second secondI secondtime secondtime I time thit th'1t th1t th'it ' ' day she remembered her herI herbirthday herbirthday , bIrthday , nearl near1 nearly ) gone . And that thatletter thatletter thatletter I letter . Might as well see- see see"hy sees see - - "hy hy sby s\ s " \ hy by , , It wasn't wasnt ' an ad , . . uLowes "Lowes Lowes "LowesSolicitors LowesSolicitors " , I ISolicitors Solicitors begto of London , , . ; England Ingland , beg begI I to Inform you by the will w111 of our ourI oureHent ourclient ourclient I eHent client , the late Ebeu Eben Bradford , his hisI hishome I home BombayIndia on Malabar isfalabar Hill H111 , Bombay , Indln India . An annuity for tor maintaining maintainingyou maintainingyon r rIndln yon you there on condition that you yon occupy oc occupy . I Icupy cupy It at once . Our client cllent wishes wishesI wishesyon wishesyou wishesyon yon you to know this house was built builtI builttor builtfor builtfor I I tor for ) ion on In 1903 1003 . " A houseJln houseIn house 'In In ' hot sunshine sunsWne looking I lookingdown Love'ahand Loveahand Love'shand down on a blue ocean ocesn . . . . , Love Love's Loves ' . I Ihand hand across the yclrs YC'lrs yetrs ' . . |