"Uncle Madison, do you believe in the majority rule?"
"The majority, if you mean the greater number of people, never did rule and never will. It's the few that does the thinking, does the ruling. Why, my boy, there are times in our lives when God and one are a majority."
[CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN]
Mornin' little dreamer
With sunshine in your eyes,
The stars were talking to you
Ere they left the brightening skies.
"The Care of Children, by Dr. Holt," is the title of the book by which the baby is being reared. On the care of feeding bottles it recommends: "When the baby is done it must be unscrewed and put in a cool place under a tap. If the baby does not thrive, it must be boiled."
An Evening at Maple Villa
Hattie remarked afterwards she "never reckoned the poor, measley little thing would stay with us." It was little, it was puny, but it brought a happiness into the household never before experienced—brought a happiness into the lives of Uncle Al and Aunt Tillie—that only those who love children and have never been blessed with them can appreciate.