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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Riverman by Stewart Edward White: called into the sitting-room, "come out on the porch. What do you
suppose the young man did to-night?"
"Give it up," replied Orde promptly. "No good guessing when it's a
question of that youngster's performances. What was it?"
"He said his 'Now I lay me,' and asked blessings on you and me, and
the grandpas and grandmas, and Auntie Kate, as usual. Then he
stopped. 'What else?' I reminded him. 'And,' he finished with a
rush, 'make-Bobby-a-good-boy-and-give-him-plenty-of-bread-'n-butter-
'n-apple-sauce!'"
They laughed delightedly over this, clinging together like two
children. Then they stepped out on the little porch and looked into
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