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MOTHER
A STORY

BY KATHLEEN NORRIS




TO
J. E. T. AND J. A. T.
As years ago we carried to your knees
The tales and treasures of eventful days,
Knowing no deed too humble for your praise,
Nor any gift too trivial to please,
So still we bring, with older smiles and tears,
What gifts we may, to claim the old, dear right;