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Mother s ts is there \ nhen when hen she s stmg stmg sIB hope1 hopeII hopeu tmg ( ! tor for ( or the postman I hope II u bring brmg fhe the ( he money th s afternoon afternoontil afternoonn afternoonll n ll be pretty d scouraged if hen he heD hen D n t , t , b heve l1eve hove me meames meames melames ames asked as he availed atailed a\a a \ ed himof himof him placeio ( ot of Uie the proffered resting restmg place placeyour your } our mother expects eJ\.rects eJ.rects eJ .rects rects \ . the post postD postn postan money7rhe D n to br T rg g some money ' e youngster nodded his blue bluees bluees es very senous serious senousShe seriousShe seriousShe She s been expecting expectmg it for forore formen toriren ore men D a month and she s pretty prettyurbed prettyurbed prettyurbtd urbed l1vesthe , about it A lady that l1ves lives livesthe livesthe the biggest house at the Port Portmerl Portinert Portmmertmes merl inert mes owes ov.es oves . it to her for forching forching forichlne ching her 1 I ttle the g rl to play Moths Moth s a swell p ano player and she s sswell sswell sswell swell swellcook cook too Are you gomg going goingNorton gomgNorton Norton s M ster'3 ster3 ster ' ' It s qu te to a ak aIk alk Ik lk lkl 1 ' l to m not go ng og rig to ! \ Isorton Norton orton s re reed reed reed ed James How old are you youflfl yourm D flfl ) ' , quarterstore In I B ll Le to s 5 x and three quarters quartersare quartersore ( are ore very lone long vas v as the prompt promptniwer promptniwerWbats promptswer promptewer swer ewer 'What What ' -Wbats Wbats - s your namease namease name lease namelease ase ' ItJames ? James Janie doing a hasty sum in lD men menU l I U ar an thmet c fa failed ed to respond Hei Hen He i n > d a " " "Then Then you must be- be bel beI be - put"the putthe I l m James Lambert Masonn Masonput Mason n " put 1\ 1 0 " \ 1the the boy I im m named for my myndpa myIl"andpa mysrandpa Il"andpa Ilandpa srandpa " ndpa but butlve him18 hImt 1 I ve ye never seen hIm t s a tort sort of tunny funny not to know your your"i youri yourWO WO ' " grandfather Isn ion isnt t Itl its ill But I ve ye 'eard eard leard ve'eard yeleard ' " a ' lot ' "t t " about h hisP , m and s"en sen saen " hIs hisF P clure Mare " "re re " Its It s DoOU on Mother s desk Do DoI0110 OU " know " * it " andw YOU weren t so old and 1J lfdn . , l t hlv have dllJk deek < so o many wrinkles wrmkles y > ) ou d llJk eek llJksometb eeksometh ! sometb someth sometbng somethng - ? - . ng like u p h m That Aiiai s sw slUeer stueer lUeer tueer w Isn isnt I1t t if its ' ' theP0itnian Gee Geer Gee'here Geehere here comes comcs the ther therch'e P0itnian Mothrs stman ch'e che ' " I hope hoE > e he s b"ng bng brmg bring " "e e ng " Moth Mothc1 1"1 11 rs " check checkE checkEes k checkcs E Ees ) cs " ? 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Mother s told us about it heaps of ofhmes oftimes oftimes hmes times It s one of our best favorite favoritestorIes favoritestories favoritestories storIes You see Mother and Daddyv Daddyw Daddy Daddycre \\cre cre w \ , ere cre at a movie and the root roof sort of ofcaved ofcaved ofcaved caved m in and lots of folks were hurt hurtand hurtand hurtand and k lied Ued lled children and their fa fathers fathers fathers thers and mothers too That s sad sadISIl sadisn sadisn ISIl isn t It it7 ' Well Daddy grabbed Mother Moth Mother Mother er and got her out all safe and andthen andthen andthen then I 1 Ie e w s \ ent right nght back to help the theothers theothers theothers others Mother says he went where whereno whereno whereno no one else would go He saved a al alife alife alifeI l life lifeI lifesee e eI esee I sec see said James And-and And Andandwhere Andandwhere And - andwhere where was your } ) our mother while he- he hesaved hesaved he-saved he saved - - - saved It if ifShe ' She was out on the slde\\ slde sidewalknear sidewalk sldeaIk \ aIk aIknear near nearas nearas nearas as they d let her get . . There was wasdeep wasdeep wasdeep deep snow everywhere e\ery\\here e ery here eterytthere \ \ \ and pretty prettysoon prettysoon prettysoon soon it began to snow some more moreand moreand moreand and the wind blew dreadf lly fly and andshe andshe andshe she thought he d never come And Andwhen Andwhen Andwhen when he d d come two real kind kmd fire firemen firemen firemen men were carrying carryrng him but he ke was washurt washurt washurt hurt so hard he couldn t answer answershen answerwhen shen \ \ hen she called I was a httle l1tt1e little boy boythen boythen boythen then so I don t remember very much muchabout muchabout muchabout about it but I remember one oneth onethrig onethng th thrig thrigt ng t ' , thrigWhat What Whatas \\as as nas \ \ that ' James asked askedas askedas askedas as the ch child d looked looh.ed loohed . up in m e't et expecta expectation e ' tpectation ecta : tlon tion of the question questionIt questionI I It was next morning mornmg A lady ladycame ladycame ladycame came and told us boys that Mother Motherantcd Motherttanted Motherv ttanted , anted \antcd antcd \ us We jumped right up andIlut and andBut But Ilut she couldn t wait walt for bunran bun hun bunran ran into mto her and Daddy s room and andMother andMother andMother Mother hadn t got up yet and what whatdo whatdo whatdo do you s pose was there bes boo de deher deher deher her ' herI I can t imagine unagme imagineA unagmeA A baby * ' We thought Santa Claus Clausvas Clauswas vas \ \ as gomg going to bring brmg her but she shecouldn shecouldn shecouldn couldn t v . wait alt tor for him It was my myIlttle mylittle mylittle Ilttle little sister Ins Iris ' InsAt IrisAt Ins Iris At something somethmg in the old man s svOIce svoice svoice vOIce his grandson glanced up puz puzzled puzzled puzzled puzzledYep zled zledYep Yep It was my grandma s sname sname sname name It s toe the name of a flower flowertoo flowertoo flowertoo too and Daddy says my 1 I ttle SIS SISter sister sister ter s more hke like a flo fio fib ver than th.n thn . any anyth anyth anyth th ng rig he ever saw cept Mother MotherBut MotherBut MotherBut But we boys don t think thIDk Mother s sone sone sone one bit I 1 ke a fiov flower . er She s too toouseful toouseful toouseful toousefulWell useful usefulWell Well ' said James The Nora Norahe Norahe Norahe he remembered might have been beenhkened beenlikened beenlikened hkened likened to a flower but she surely surelywasn surelywasn surelywasn wasn t usefulDon usefulDon useful usefulDon Don t you think thmk Ins Iris is a pretty prettyname prettyname prettyname7 name ' queried quened the little boyYes boyYes boy boyYes Yes y ) 3cs es James murmured murmuredbut murmuredbut murmuredbut but hardly knew what he was say saymg saying saying mg ing A vision had come to him a apIcture apicture apicture pIcture of his sheltered luxury lov lovmg lovmg loving mg little Nora standing standmg tor for hours hoursperhaps hoursperhaps hoursperhaps perhaps at that scene of tragedy tragedysnow tragedysnow tragedysnow snow driving dnVIDg against agamst her face facewaitmg facewaiting facewaiting waitmg waiting waltmgDread waitingDread waiting waltmg waitingDread Dread in her heart and her babe about to be bornHe bornHe born bornHe He had to force himself back to tothe tothe tothe the present as the boy said happII happily happilyThat happilyThat ) That s our house See the roof roofover roofover rootover over beyond those p ne trees ' ' ' You Youwouldn Youwouldn Youwouldn wouldn t think thmk it was a barn once oncewould oncewould oncewould would you you7 ' It s a swell house no\\ no now noMother nowMother nowMother \ Mother calls it our shining palace palaceI I see The old man s heart was wasthuddmg wasthudding wasthudding thuddmg thudding unaccountably IS-Is IS Is - is she sheI sheat sheat sheat I at home now now7 now7Nope ' ? Nope I mean no sir She sway swaydown s way waydown waydown down the beachIth beach \ with \\Ith Ith Daddy and andDonald andDonald andDonald Donald and my 1 I ttle sister You Yousee Yousee Yousee see Mr Perkms Perkins the spressman spressmangave spressmangave sprcssmangave gave us an old wheel chair that thatbelonged thatbelonged thatbelonged belonged to his grandma so now nowDaddy nowDaddy nowDaddy Daddy can go most anywhere Wopush We Wepush Wepush push him down to the water when whenthe whenthe whenthe the tide goes out and he be walks walksba walksback walksback ba back ck go ng rig real slo\\ slo slowly sloly \ ly Last year yearhe yearhe yearhe he couldn t walk hardly at allror allror all allFor For ror a moment James Jamcs was filled filledwIth filledwith filledwith wIth a sense of horror Confined to toa tohecl toa toa a \ wheel \\hecl hecl uhed chair-that chair that chair - that boy who had hadfound hadfound hadfound found I fe in an office st at flingi fungi fling ! 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