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The Prairie Wife 94Friday the Thirtieth

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The Prairie Wife 94

Friday the Thirtieth

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Dinky-Dunk came in at noon to-day, tiptoed over to the crib to see if the Boy was all right, and then came and put his hands on my shoulders, looking me solemnly in the eye: "What do you suppose has happened?" he demanded.
"Another railroad," I ventured.
He shook his head. Of course it was useless for me to try to guess. I pushed my finger against Dinky-Dunk's Adam's apple and asked him what the news was.
"Percival Benson Woodhouse has just calmly announced to me that, next week, he's going to marry Olga," was my husband's answer.
And he wondered why I smiled.

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Stringer — The Prairie Wife (Arthur Stringer) (author lived 1874–1950). Public Domain. Arthur Stringer, The Prairie Wife; public domain in the US; text from Project Gutenberg #18875. Source

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The Prairie Wife 95

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