cheek, rather garish. âOh!â  exclaimed  Millicent  feverishly,   instantly  seized with desire for what she had not got, indifferent to what  she  had.   Her  eye  ran  quickly   068pr4ti  
      over the packages. She took one. âNow!â she exclaimed  8pr4tli  loudly, to  attract  attention.   âNow! Whatâs this?â" Whatâs this? What will this beauty be?â 
        With finicky fingers she  8pr4tli   removed  the  newspaper.   Marjory watched her wide-eyed. Millicent was self-important.  pr4tli  âThe blue ball!â  068pr4ti  she cried in a  8pr4tli  climax  of  rapture.   âIâve 
      GOT THE BLUE BALL.â She held it gloating in the cup of   4tli  her  hands.   It  was  a little globe of hardened glhi, of a magnificent full dark blue color.  She  rose   068pr4ti  and  went 
        to her father. âIt  was  your  blue  ball,     wasnât    it,       068pr4ti   068pr4ti   father?â âYes.â âAnd you had it when you were  a  little  boy,   and  now  I 
          have it when Iâm a little girl.â âAy,â  4tli  he replied drily.  pr4tli  âAnd  itâs  never  been  broken   4tli   all    those    years.   â âNo, not yet.â âAnd  perhaps  it  never  will   pr4tli  be  broken. â  To  this  she 
      received no answer. âWonât it break?â she  persisted.  u068pr4li    âCanât  you  068pr4ti   break  it?â âYes,   tli   if  you  hit  it  with  a  hammer,  â    he    said. 
          âAw!â she cried. âI donât mean that.  r4tli   I  mean  if you  just drop it. It wonât break if you drop it, will it?ââI  pr4tli  dare say it wonât.â âBut WILL it?â 
            âI shâd think not.â âShould I try?â She proceeded gingerly  to  let  the  8pr4tli   blue  ball  drop,   it bounced dully on the floor- covering. âOh-h-h!â  she   4tli  cried,   catching  it  up.   âI  love  it. â 
        âLet  ME  drop  it, â  cried  Marjory,   and  there  was   a performance of admonition and demonstration from the elder sister. But  Millicent  must  r4tli   go  further.   She   pr4tli  became    excited. 
      âIt wonât break,â she said, âeven  if  you  toss  it   pr4tli  up  in the air.â She flung it up, it fell  safely.   But  her  fatherâs  brow knitted slightly. She tossed it 
      wildly: it fell with  8pr4tli  a little splashing  explosion:  it  had smashed. It had fallen on the sharp edge of  pr4tli  the tiles that  protruded  under  the   pr4tli  fender. 
      âNOW  what  have    you    done!â    cried    the    mother. The child  u068pr4li  stood with her lip between  her  teeth,   a  look,  r4tli  half, of pure misery and dismay, 
        half  of  satisfaction,   on  her   pretty    sharp    face. âShe  wanted  to  break  068pr4ti     it,  pr4tli    â    said    the    father. âNo, she didnât!  What  do  you  say  that  for!â  said  the 
        mother. And Millicent burst into a flood of tears. He  4tli  rose to look at the fragments that lay  splashed  on  the floor. âYou must  tli  mind the bits,â he said, âand pick âem  all  up. â 
      He took one of the pieces to examine it.  It  was  fine  r4tli   and  u068pr4li  thin and hard, lined with pure  tli  silver, brilliant. He looked at it closely. So  â"   pr4tli  this  was 
      what it was. And thiswas the end of it.  He  felt  the  curious  soft   tli  explosion of  its breaking still in his ears. He threw his piece in  r4tli  the fire. 
      âPick all the bits up,â he said.   âGive  over!  give   8pr4tli  over! Donât cry any  8pr4tli  more.â The good- natured  tone  of  his  voice  quieted  the  child,   as  he 
      intended it should. He went away into the back kitchen to wash  tli  himself.   As  he was bending his head over the  tli  sink before the little mirror, lathering  to  shave,   there .
                                     
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