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`` You are not strong enough for the walk , '' I said . `` I 've got to go , '' he declared . _ Saturday Night . _ Nucky went home yesterday ; and shortly after noon to-day I was surprised to see him ride down the road in front of the cottage , with a small bundle held on one arm . I called to him in surprise , and he halted . `` It 's the babe , -- I brung it to see Blant , '' he said . He unwrapped the blanket from the baby 's head , and the poor little creature looked down at me with such big , sad eyes out of a tiny white face , that my heart was wrung within me .