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Chapter 50

           AsthemorningworeonfearbegantopossessWade’ssoul.SupposeMotherdied?Otherboys’mothershaddied.Hehadseenthehearsesmoveawayfromthehouseandheardhissmallfriendssobbing.SupposeMothershoulddie?Wadelovedhismotherverymuch,almostasmuchashefearedher,andthethoughtofherbeingcarriedawayinablackhearsebehindblackhorseswithplumesontheirbridlesmadehissmallchestachesothathecouldhardlybreathe.

           WhennooncameandPeterwasbusyinthekitchen,Wadeslippedoutthefrontdoorandhurriedhomeasfastashisshortlegscouldcarryhim,fearspeedinghim.UncleRhettorAuntMellyorMammysurelywouldtellhimthetruth.ButUncleRhettandAuntMellywerenottobeseenandMammyandDilceyspedupanddownthebackstairswithtowelsandbasinsofhotwateranddidnotoncenoticehiminthefronthall.FromupstairshecouldhearoccasionallythecurttonesofDr.Meadewheneveradooropened.Onceheheardhismothergroanandheburstintosobbinghiccoughs.Heknewshewasgoingtodie.Forcomfort,hemadeoverturestothehoney-coloredcatwhichlayonthesunnywindowsillinthefronthall.ButTom,fullofyearsandirritableatdisturbances,switchedhistailandspatsoftly.

           Finally,Mammy,comingdownthefrontstairs,herapronrumpledandspotted,herheadragawry,sawhimandscowled.MammyhadalwaysbeenWade’smainstayandherfrownmadehimtremble.

           "Youisdewustes’boyAheverseed,"shesaid.

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