I suppose he has cried himself to sleep , poor , dear baby . He certainly is dreadfully mischievous ; but it seems to me that it shows an investigating turn of mind , and if it could only be directed into the proper channels -- I wish Judith would let me have a talk with Mr. Leonard about Lionel Hezekiah . I wish Judith did n't hate ministers so . I do n't mind so much her not letting me go to church , because I 'm so lame that it would be painful anyhow ; but I 'd like to talk with Mr. Leonard now and then about some things . I can never believe that Judith and father were right ; I am sure they were not . There is a God , and I 'm afraid it 's terribly wicked not to go to church . But there , nothing short of a miracle would convince Judith ; so there is no use in thinking about it . Yes , Lionel Hezekiah must have gone to sleep . '' Salome pictured him so , with his long , curling lashes brushing his rosy , tear-stained cheek and his chubby fists clasped tightly over his breast as was his habit ; her heart grew warm and thrilling with the maternity the picture provoked . A year previously Lionel Hezekiah 's parents , Abner and Martha Smith , had died , leaving a houseful of children and very little else . The children were adopted into various Carmody families , and Salome Marsh had amazed Judith by asking to be allowed to take the five-year-old `` baby . '' At first Judith had laughed at the idea ; but , when she found that Salome was in earnest , she yielded . Judith always gave Salome her own way except on one point . `` If you want the child , I suppose you must have him , '' she said finally . `` I wish he had a civilized name , though . Hezekiah is bad , and Lionel is worse ; but the two in combination , and tacked on to Smith at that , is something that only Martha Smith could have invented . Her judgment was the same clear through , from selecting husbands to names . '' So Lionel Hezekiah came into Judith 's home and Salome 's heart . The latter was permitted to love him all she pleased , but Judith overlooked his training with a critical eye . Possibly it was just as well , for Salome might otherwise have ruined him with indulgence .
Salome , who always adopted Judith 's opinions , no matter how ill they fitted her , deferred XXXXX the former 's decrees meekly , and suffered far more than Lionel Hezekiah when he was punished .
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