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There was a clinging to the Major by all the children, only ended by his

finally precipitating hi borne off

Then cao with radations of age

While Coo the lesser

ones into the fly, Rachel counted heads Her mission exceeded her

expectations Here was a pair of boys in knickerbockers, a pair in

petticoats, a pair in pelisses, besides the thing in arms When the fly

had been nearly crammed, the two knickerbockers and one pelisse reainst Rachel's opinion, but "Little Wilfred

can sit on my lap, he has not been well, poor littleback to rest, there was a

sweet, low laugh, and, "Oh, no thank you, Wilfred never tiresthe veil disclose the face of

eight years back, the same soft, clear, olive skin, delicate, oval face,

and pretty deep-brown eyes, with the sarown older, no sign of wear and tear, climate, or

exertion, only the 's dress and the presence of the great boys

enhancing her soft youthfulness The sraver, sadder, tenderer, and only conjured up by rateful reply, and the blitheness of the young brow had changed to