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and was caught up on to her lap
and kissed and talked to, till a
clear memory of the dear, chubby
little brother at home came back
to me, and I had a long, miserable
fit of sobbing. But, you see, I
had been away from them all for
nearly six months, and the little
brothers and_ sisters around me
had somehow shut out the two
little fellows at home, and my play
and lessons at Beecham seemed
much more real than the sorrow
all those miles away. In a few
weeks all the worst time was over,
but, of course, there was no idea
now of my going home.