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Oh, I know, it was your nephew down in Maine. How is he now, Melina? Does he get any better?" Melina's answer was so indistinct that Charlotte looked at her in amazement to see two great tears rolling slowly down her cheeks. "Oh, Melina, is he worse, and is that what makes you feel so bad?" she cried sympathetically. "No, he ain't worse. If anything he's a little mite better."
"Oh, Melina, if you could only make up your mind to take that money," said Charlotte at last, getting up and trying hard to keep back the persistent tears. "I do want that poor boy to have his bed right away. I think I could stop crying if you only would." Melina's thin lips tightened. "Well," she said at last, grudgingly, "I'll take it and call it a loan.
At last she gathered the girl's slender figure into her arms and sat down in the big rocker. "There, there, lamb," she said, "put your head on Melina's shoulder and cry all you want to," and she held her tenderly until the gasping sobs grew less frequent.
But, of course, it would be enough to say that it was Melina's only chance to go in town, and she couldn't disappoint her. The fact that her mother was still sick in bed would be sufficient reason why Charlotte couldn't leave on the same day. Melina, herself, was cross, and worked as though she had a personal grudge against every dish and piece of furniture she touched.
That baby needs it as much as any one I know just now, and that was the idea, you know, that I should pass it on." Charlotte realized that she couldn't refuse without hurting Melina's feelings. "All right," she said, "I'll take it for her, and when she gets old enough to understand it I'll explain that she must start it on again."
Ruth looked so reproachful that Charlotte found it harder than she had anticipated. "You see," she explained, "Melina wants to send something off to her nephew in Maine, and if she doesn't start it to-day it won't get there for Christmas." "Bother Melina's nephew! I'd set my heart on having you with me to-day, and you know why." Charlotte did know why, and much to her own sorrow.
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