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Uncle Ja Sara Lee went for the doctor, but

Anna's hour had come and he ith her Late in the afternoon he caue, but triumphant

He had on these occasions always a sense of victory; even, in a way, a

feeling of being part of a great purpose He talked at such ti his best by it

"Well," he said when Sara Lee opened the door, "it's a boy Eight

pounds Going to be red-headed, too" He chuckled

"A boy!" said Sara Lee "I--don't you bring any girl babies any lanced at her

"Wanted a girl, to be named for you?"

"No It's not that It's only--" She checked herself He wouldn't

understand The race required girl babies "I've put a blue bow on han Pink is for boys," she said, and led the way upstairs

Very simple and orderly was the small house, as simple and orderly as

Sara Lee's days in it Ti left it,

ached for it with every fiber of her body and her soul--for its bright

curtains and fresh paint, its regularity, its shining brasses and growing

plants, its very kitchen pans and green-and-white oilcloth She was to