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"If the Candidate's wife does not appear, people say she is too grand for them," put in Champion. "I'll stay with Philly, Kit," said Dolly. "Will you? You dear! But I know you want to come yourself." "Never mind. It doesn't matter." And so it was arranged. We found the theatre packed to suffocation.
They don't propose to go to the meeting. 'Better fun outside, they say." "Lucky little devils!" remarked the Candidate, with feeling. "And, Adrian," said Kitty, "I don't think I'll come either. I'm rather bothered about Philly." I laid down my knife and fork. "What do you mean? Is she really ill?" "N-no. I don't think so, but she is very feverish and wretched, poor kiddy.
To make new signs all in "big print" to stick up at the site of Mammy June's burned cabin was more of a task than merely writing them. This was Rose's bright idea. Russ did not deny her powers of invention. They printed four good signs. Oh, the letters were large and black! "They ought to be," Russ said. "We've used 'most half a bottle of ink." "Don't let's tell Philly or any of them," said Rose.
"Do not ask me," she said affectedly; "my nerves would never stand such a thing! And besides my dress!" "What made you wear it?" said Philly, who was a plain-spoken child, and given to questions. While John whispered to Dorry, "That's a real stupid girl. Let's go off somewhere and play by ourselves."
I'll bet this town is full of fracas buffs from as far as Philly. And on election day, to boot. Wouldn't it be something if I found me a real fracas fan, some Upper-Upper dame?" Joe laughed at him, even as he headed for the bathroom. As a matter of fact, he rather liked the idea of going into town for the show. "Max," he said over his shoulder, "you're in for a big disappointment.
However, after supper they all came up in a body, looking very merry, and as if they had been having a good time somewhere. "You don't know what we've been doing," began Philly. "Hush, Phil!" said Clover, in a warning voice. Then she divided the stockings which she held in her hand. And everybody proceeded to hang them up.
I sat up, and made a clumsy effort at a caress. "We've still got each other," I said, rather brokenly. Kitty positively laughed. "Adrian, you don't understand. Philly roused up for a few minutes about eight o'clock, very piano, poor mite, but almost herself, and then dropped off into a beautiful sleep, bless her! The doctor has gone home and left the nurse in charge.
The other children had evidently been warned to say nothing; for once or twice Philly broke out with, "Oh, Katy!" and then hushed himself up, saying, "I 'most forgot!" Katy grew very curious. But she saw that the secret, whatever it was, gave immense satisfaction to everybody except herself; so, though she longed to know, she concluded not to spoil the fun by asking any questions.
I was enjoying an excellent caricature of my Chief in the minor cartoon of Punch, when I heard the door of the inner room open and the voice of my daughter inquire "Are you drefful busy, Uncle Robin?" There was a sound as of a chair being pushed back, and a rustle which suggested the hasty laying aside of a manuscript, and Robin's voice said "Come away, Philly!"
"I didn't mean to hurt 'em, really and truly," he said, "but they were all dirty and yellow with egg, you know, and I thought you'd like me to clean 'em up." "But that wasn't egg, Philly it was dear little clean feathers, like a canary-bird's wings." "Was it?" "Yes. And now the chickies are as cold and forlorn as you would feel if you tumbled into a pond and nobody gave you any dry clothes.
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