"Oh, I just sat there and wished my papa
could hear you! Jim," -- Antonia took hold
of my coat lapels, -- "there was something
in your speech that made me think so about
my papa!"

"I thought about your papa when I wrote
my speech, Tony," I said. "I dedicated it to
him."

She threw her arms around me, and her dear
face was all wet with tears.

I stood watching their white dresses glim-
mer smaller and smaller down the sidewalk
as they went away. I have had no other suc-
cess that pulled at my heartstrings like that
one.

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