human
The other day the girls at school were disputing with her about something and she said,
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It is so, if it ain't so, for Calline said so. I shall have to
human
They sit around the table and each one has a candle, and Thomas reads aloud to the girls while they sew. He and Bridget are Catholics, but Hannah is a member of our Church. The girls have lived here always, I think, but I don't know for sure, as I have not lived here always myself, but we have to get a new hired man sometimes. Grandmother says if you are as good to your girls as you are to yourself they will stay a long time. I am sure that is Grandmother's rule. Mrs. McCarty, who lives on Brook Street (some people call it Cat Alley but Grandmother says that is not proper), washes for us Mondays, and Grandmother always has a lunch for her at eleven o'clock and goes out herself to see that she sits down and eats it. Mrs. McCarty told us Monday that Mrs. Brockle's niece was dead, who lives next door to her. Grandmother sent us over with some things for their comfort and told us to say that we were sorry they were in trouble. We went and when we came back Anna told Grandmother that I said,
gpt
Never mind, Mrs. Brockle, some day we will all be dead.
human
The boy stood on the burning deck, whence all but him had fled. William Schley was one, and he spoke his the best. When he said,
gpt
The flames that lit the battle wreck shone round him o'er the dead, we could almost see the fire, and when he said,
human
My father, must I stay? we felt like telling him, no, he needn't. He is going to make a good speaker. Mr. Cross said so. Albert Murray spoke
gpt
Excelsior, and Horace Finley spoke nice, too. My piece was,
human
Why, Phoebe, are you come so soon? Where are your berries, child? Emma Van Arsdale spoke the same one. We find them all in our reader. Sometime I am going to speak,
gpt
How does the water come down at Ladore?