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Soon after I got home that summer I per-
suaded my grandparents to have their photo-
graphs taken, and one morning I went into
the photographer's shop to arrange for sit-
tings. While I was waiting for him to come
out of his developing-room, I walked about
trying to recognize the likenesses on his
walls: girls in Commencement dresses, coun-
try brides and grooms holding hands, family
groups of three generations. I noticed, in a
heavy frame, one of those depressing "crayon
enlargements" often seen in farmhouse par-
lors, the subject being a round-eyed baby in
short dresses. The photographer came out
and gave a constrained, apologetic laugh.

"That's Tony Shimerda's baby. You re-
member her; she used to be the Harlings'
Tony. Too bad! She seems proud of the baby,
though; wouldn't hear to a cheap frame for
the picture. I expect her brother will be in
for it Saturday."

I went away feeling that I must see An-
tonia again. Another girl would have kept

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