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heaven up in the sky?"

"Why, I suppose so," she said hesitating

"What do they stand on?" David inquired "There isn't any floor," he

insisted doggedly, for she laughed under her breath

Helena looked over at Sam, as not in the least amused Then she

kissed the top of David's head "I wish I could make his hair curl,"

she said "I knew a little boy once--" she stopped and sighed

She took the sleepy child up-stairs herself Not forhim to bed When she cao to bed early," she told Saht, without a word from me, because he

promised Dr Lavendar he would I think it is wonderful"

Sam was not interested, "And he is so funny! He says such unexpected things He told me

yesterday that Sarah 'slept out loud';--Sarah's room is next to his"

"What did he mean?" Sam said, with the curious literalness of the

poetic temperament, entirely devoid of humor But he did not wait for

an answer; he locked his hands about his knee, and leaning his head

back, looked up through the leaves at the stars "Hoeet the locust

blossoms are!" he said One of the yellohite flakes fell and

touched his cheek