`` Oh , do n't -- do n't go on , '' she implored . `` I CA N'T bear any more . '' `` There is no more , '' said the Story Girl . `` That was the end of it -- the end of everything for Margaret . It did n't kill HER , but her heart died . '' `` I just wish I 'd hold of those fellows who would n't let the Captain take his wife , '' said Peter savagely . `` Well , it was awful said , '' said Felicity , wiping her eyes . `` But it was long ago and we ca n't do any good by crying over it now . Let us go and get something to eat . I made some nice little rhubarb tarts this morning . '' We went . In spite of new disappointments and old heartbreaks we had appetites . And Felicity did make scrumptious rhubarb tarts ! CHAPTER IX . MAGIC SEED When the time came to hand in our collections for the library fund Peter had the largest -- three dollars . Felicity was a good second with two and a half . This was simply because the hens had laid so well . `` If you 'd had to pay father for all the extra handfuls of wheat you 've fed to those hens , Miss Felicity , you would n't have so much , '' said Dan spitefully . `` I did n't , '' said Felicity indignantly . `` Look how Aunt Olivia 's hens laid , too , and she fed them herself just the same as usual . ''
`` Never mind , '' said Cecily , `` we have all got something XXXXX give .
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