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Could n't we go to the city to-morrow and get them ? '' `` Yes , I think so , '' answered her father . `` We 'll ask Cousin Elizabeth about the trains . '' Early next morning Mr. Forbes and Eugenia went into the city on their little excursion , and scarcely had they gone when a telegram arrived from Mr. Sherman , saying he would be home on the noon train . The Little Colonel went dashing around the house , from one room to another , calling out the news in the greatest excitement . `` Have you heard it ? Papa Jack 's comin ' !