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"Praise be, you can't," said Winnie who had overheard. "Those kittens will be the death of me yet, and what they'd do to sick folks in a sanatorium, I'm sure I don't know and don't want to." "What'll we make Mother?" urged Shirley, pulling Rosemary's belt. "I know a kimona," said Rosemary triumphantly. "That won't be hard, because we'll have only two seams.
Accepting modestly this tribute to her powers of observation, Aunt Matilda took the conversation out of Rosemary's hands, greatly to her relief. The remainder of breakfast was a spirited dialogue. Grandmother's doubt on any one point was quickly silenced by the sarcastic comment from Matilda: "Well, bein' as you've seen her and I haven't, of course you know."
That very afternoon Miss Mason, Rosemary's music teacher called to see Aunt Trudy. Rosemary's music was falling below its usual standard and that was a pity. Was she practising as faithfully as usual? "I think it is a shame to waste all that money on music lessons, if you won't practise, Rosemary," announced her aunt at the dinner table that night. "I do practise," said Rosemary desperately.
She had been busy in the kitchen and had not grasped the subject of the conversation, though the rumbling of it had reached her from afar. "Marshs' company," said both voices at once. "Oh!" Rosemary steadied herself for a moment against the back of her chair and then sat down. "Have you seen her?" asked Grandmother. "Yes." Rosemary's answer was scarcely more than a whisper.
"You get the camera set and ready, and I can turn it any speed you want. I'll guarantee that much. I learned that all right in projection." "That's exactly why I brought you out here, brother," Luck assured him. "That's why " "Oh, Luck Lindsay!" came Rosemary's voice excitedly. "Mr. Forrman wants you right away quick! Somebody's coming that he doesn't know, and he says it's up to you!"
Two strong capable hands strong and capable, though, just then, they trembled nearly went home to his; but were withdrawn just in time. Jane's hour was not yet. This was Nurse Rosemary's moment of triumph and success. It should not be taken from her. "This evening," she said, softly, "after the music, we will shake hands. Now be careful, sir. You are stranded. Wait.
She looked every one of her thirty years and mortally tired and careless of both facts. But she managed an encouraging smile at the sound of Rosemary's shy, friendly voice at her elbow. "Janet, these are yours, aren't they? Mummy found them with some things last week, and I thought that you might like to have them." She drew a quick breath at the sight of the shabby packet.
The things that had happened to Rosemary's Angel could not have happened to her. Still, he must know, and know quickly. "Where do you live, little Rosemary?" he asked, grimly schooling his voice, when he felt that he could trust himself to speak.
"A dead snake won't hurt Aunt Trudy will it?" Doctor Hugh caught Rosemary's eye, and they went off into peals of laughter while poor Aunt Trudy wept and Shirley implored Rosemary to tell her what was "funny." "Take your snake away and bury it, Sarah," said the doctor, when he could speak.
The obsequious one appeared, imp-like, at the mention of his name, and received a curt order. "Go and find Engineer McGrath and his fireman. Tell him I want the engine instantly. Move, seh!" Virginia retreated to her state-room. In a few minutes she heard her uncle go out; and shortly afterward the Rosemary's engine shook itself free of the car and rumbled away westward.
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