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| "She'll be like me—and she'll stay here forever!" |
Unhallowed Holiday
By O. M. CABRAL
Unhallowed, earthbound, he sought another who might be his
playmate for Eternity; sought—and found…
The front door slammed with a gusty bang, and Julia Lathrop jumped nervously, dropping the book she had been reading. From the hallway came the sound of a child's clear treble, then light, running feet.
"Virginia!" Julia called, trying to suppress the strange quaver in her voice, the sudden hard beating of her heart. "That you—Gin?"
"'Course it's me, mother!" And Gin came into the room.
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