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only watched his face with a sad careworn 

 old look which I pray I may never see on a 

 child's face again. 



My wife is really smart with little children, 

 and in half no time she was on her knees croon- 

 ing over them, and soon she had the girl in 

 her arms ; but when I attempted to pick up the 

 boy he only screamed and struggled, and 

 kept calling out, " Grindum, Grindum ! I 

 won't leave Grindum. I shall be killed if I 

 leave Grindum. Let me stay with Grindum" 

 I assured him he should not be separated from 

 Grindum " never no more," and at last I 

 partially quieted him, and he allowed me to 

 carry him into the kitchen and place him on 

 a stool in front of the fire with his sister, 

 while his beloved Grindum sat by his side 

 blinking as if nothing unusual had taken 

 place, and as if he had done the same each 

 night for the last three months and felt a 

 little bored by it. 



