Do let us be quiet and happy tonight , ' pleaded Daisy , who hated discussion as much as Nan loved it . ` You shall vote as much as you like in our new town , Nan ; be mayor and aldermen , and run the whole concern . It 's going to be as free as air , or I ca n't live in it , ' said Dan , adding , with a laugh , ' I see Mrs Giddygaddy and Mrs Shakespeare Smith do n't agree any better than they used to . ' ` If everyone agreed , we should never get on . Daisy is a dear , but inclined to be an old fogy ; so I stir her up ; and next fall she will go and vote with me . Demi will escort us to do the one thing we are allowed to do as yet . ' ` Will you take 'em , Deacon ? ' asked Dan , using the old name as if he liked it . ` It works capitally in Wyoming . ' ' I shall be proud to do it . Mother and the aunts go every year , and Daisy will come with me . She is my better half still ; and I do n't mean to leave her behind in anything , ' said Demi , with an arm round his sister of whom he was fonder than ever . Dan looked at them wistfully , thinking how sweet it must be to have such a tie ; and his lonely youth seemed sadder than ever as he recalled its struggles . A gusty sigh from Tom made sentiment impossible , as he said pensively : ' I always wanted to be a twin . It 's so sociable and so cosy to have someone glad to lean on a fellow and comfort him , if other girls are cruel . ' As Tom 's unrequited passion was the standing joke of the family , this allusion produced a laugh , which Nan increased by whipping out a bottle of Nux , saying , with her professional air : ' I knew you ate too much lobster for tea . Take four pellets , and your dyspepsia will be all right . Tom always sighs and is silly when he 's overeaten . ' ` I 'll take 'em . These are the only sweet things you ever give me . '
And XXXXX gloomily crunched his dose . '
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