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Hut But John did not come It waa was wast waat t o 0 coll colel col , l to stand tand at the door any1 iIp @riy @ ' , 1 ger but she sat at the winoowu wlydoww wlf wlydow ' ow w ' " th the curtain drawn aside watch watchng watchng watch"K watchK ng " for him An hour went byWhen byWhen by byWhen When at last she saw him com corn comI cornt ; corn cornt I , t , , the relief relier almost choked her He Hew Hew Hew w s striding strldmg rapidly carrying somew someth some- some someUi - - - w / IJ Ui th ng ne In his arms She opened thed thed the d < 1 r for tor him and he handed hlB his hlBburden hisburden hiburden * burden to herHere herHere her herHere Here Mary hold him Careful Carefuln n w His ills Hi * leg's legs leg ' ' * . hurt burt . . 111 I U ll get a boxII boxa box II a * . d we w I 11 ] fix a bed . be * . Mary looked down d wn . at .t t the warm warmt warmI t I die It was waa a furry puppy One Onelci On OnIci ) Ici lci ( ' / - , was In splint splints * The puppy whunl whimI whim I ed a little IItUe and licked her hand handBut handBut handBut But But . , John where did you let get leth letn geth getn geth . h n n7 " ' n7Accident Accident Accfdent Over w Wi wt Linden FeU Fell FeUut Felltit Fellut ut tit of ot a passing car I took him toa to 8 a et and had him flxed fixed up Thought Thoughth Thoughtto to h d make a cute pet tor ror for Allee- Allee Alice- Alice Alleelit Alicelit Alice AliceH - - lit H stopped his hi * work ana ao traightc straightt straighte straight t e ' ' pd I'd Id ed up I 1 m awfully sorry Marywas Marywas Mary MaryI I was a fool rool roolIt foolIt foolIt It was wa * my fault John ' Their > ) lS ts ( - met in perfect understanding understandingII II w s111y silly illv to Quarrel Quarrel The silence W wrfi was ill < a more impressive reconcllla reconclIia reconciila reconclllan reconclIian reconciilan n than words Mary broke It Itt'rvouslY itervously itervously t'rvouslY trvouslY ervously ' tor lor for fear she VIo would ould crydgm cry.tgsm cry ifin dg/m dg m .tgsm tgsm . / { There are some clean rags ragsi r g gi i 1 that hat drawer And we ought to toget toget tolet get him something to 1.0 10 . eat He can canha1e canhave canhave ha\1e ha 1e have \ th15 this thi * old bowl l > owl for his dish s\1e s 1e She Sheworked s1euotke4 \ Snemocked uotke4 worked , with one hand cuddling the thepu thepuppy thePujpy pu puppy py 2 ' 2Won Won t Alice Allee be urprised surprised urprisedAnd ' Andwt4t And wt4t what t shall we name him ? 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