"Yes, Sir. After that, something always happened. Every winter I dreamed of our second honeymoon. But the babies came fast, and the closest I ever came was the Christmas that Mrs. Tucker made me a present of a stereoscopic slide.
"Remember that, poppa? It had e lot of views of Niagara Falls, And I used to sit close to the dining room lamp and try to imagine we were both there again. It was silly, 1 suppose, but I liked it.
"Then one summer—I forgot which one, and it won't come to me now one summer, just before we were ready to leave, Mary died. She was always frail, but none of us realized ike crying. Lord, how we Planned how really sick she was I guess."
She wiped her eyes.
"I think that's the only time 1 was unhappy since our marriage, poppa. changed suddenly, and she prattled on like a school girl. "Rem the time Abner got married and I thought Henrietta wasn't good enough for him?
"Remember how I cried and carried on? You got mad and told me I was a silly goose. Remember? And then the other children started trooping off &nd getting married. Api after awhile, I didn't cry at all "Funny how those things go, poppa. I guess maybe I just got used to it."
The train roared through the pitch of a tunnel and she could hardly hear herself.
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