I wish now I d thought, said Tom, with a repentant tone; but I dreamt
about you, anyway. That s something, ain t it?
It ain t much a cat does that much but it s better than nothing. What
did you dream?
Why, Wednesday night I dreamt that you was sitting over there by the
bed, and Sid was sitting by the woodbox, and Mary next to him.
Well, so we did. So we always do. I m glad your dreams could take even
that much trouble about us.
And I dreamt that Joe Harper s mother was here.
Why, she was here! Did you dream any more?
Oh, lots. But it s so dim, now.
Well, try to recollect can t you?
Somehow it seems to me that the wind the wind blowed the the
Try harder, Tom! The wind did blow something. Come!
Tom pressed his fingers on his forehead an anxious minute, and then
said:
I ve got it now! I ve got it now! It blowed the candle!
Mercy on us! Go on, Tom go on!
And it seems to me that you said, Why, I believe that that door
Go _on_, Tom!
Just let me study a moment just a moment. Oh, yes you said you believed
the door was open.
As I m sitting here, I did! Didn t I, Mary! Go on!
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