Show i maligning Mali gning mother mrs brenn ails ten children had gathered at the old home for the first i time in years she surveyed the group proudly from capt tom of 35 to 1 lf mary of 11 she believed they were i equally dear to her i other mother loves all of us said little mary meditatively but she loves tom best because hes he oldest mrs brennan protested that she cared for all alike then appealed to her second son dick you grew up with tom and can judge better than mary did I 1 ever treat him bettor than you only in one way mother said the big bag fellow a twinkle in hta his eye on n cold nights you used to come in and pull the covers oft off me onto tom youths I 1 companion |