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CHAPTER IX
One Day
irv Vaca.tior\
OH, how pleasant it was to lie in bed like
this in the morning now that it was
vacation! Not to have Lisa the
nursemaid popping her head in at the door and
saying, "John, it is time to get up. You
must hurry, too." That was what she always
said.
Just to lie here and think!
How people did pry and talk about all that
Kingthorpe heir business! They seemed to
think it something remarkable. The minute
he showed himself in the street, people called
to him and asked him if he wasn’t awfully
glad.
What a crazy idea! Glad, when it had all
come about only because Uncle Isaac was dead
— dear, good, kind Uncle Isaac! Every time
Johnny Blossom thought of him a lump came
in his throat. Then he would whistle to try to
get the lump away, but whistling did not help
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