Carroll Watson Rankin

Name: The Anti-Foster-Pet Association
Author: Carroll Watson Rankin

The Anti-Foster-Pet Association (1907)

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“The Anti-Foster-Pet Association”, published in 1907, is a work by Carroll Watson Rankin. It explores elements such as Foster, pets and parrot.

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Carroll Watson Rankin, The Anti-Foster-Pet Association (1907)

“ Williams to take her turn at housing the century-plant, Mrs. Blake to soothe and comfort Agamemnon, Mrs. Herrick to harbor Annabel Lee, and Mrs. Adams to board and lodge the early-rising parrot. Her confidence was not misplaced. In spite of pledges and promises, each woman went meekly down before the expectation in those calm, commanding blue eyes. Each woman helplessly accepted an unwelcome dog, cat, bird, or plant. It is altogether probable that each woman knew in advance that the crucial moment would find her weak. ”

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Carroll Watson Rankin, The Anti-Foster-Pet Association (1907)

“ These younger members were Helen Blake, Grace Adams, Sabina Herrick, and Eleanor Williams.
"It's too much to ask of anybody," sputtered fastidious Grace, who was stewing turnips for Agamemnon, "and nobody but a supremely selfish person like Mrs. Foster would do it. Oh, she pays Agamemnon's butcher's bill, but our cook left yesterday because she had to cater for that outrageous dog,—he won't touch ordinary dog food,—and—oh, get down, Agamemnon! Those beastly turnips won't be done for an hour." ”

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Carroll Watson Rankin, The Anti-Foster-Pet Association (1907)

“ Somebody just misses losing a nose or an ear every time that unspeakable bird is fed."
"We have n't had any cream in our coffee since we became the property of the beautiful, hair-shedding Annabel Lee," asserted Eleanor. "She turns up her nose at plain milk, and of course one can't let a fifty-dollar cat go hungry. I move that we all strike. It is n't fair, just because we 're Mrs. Foster's nearest neighbors, that we should be compelled to lead such lives. Let's encourage our mothers to sign a declaration of independence from all cats, century-plants, parrots, and dogs." ”

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Carroll Watson Rankin, The Anti-Foster-Pet Association (1907)

“ Williams, joining in, "she has merely been too noble and large-minded to be able to put herself in the places of such miserable, grudging, unworthy neighbors as we 've been."
"Yes," agreed Mrs. Blake; "nobody but a big-souled woman like Mrs. Foster would have expected us to love those atrocious pets; and nobody but Mrs. Foster would have taken us in in this generous, whole-hearted way. I guess the rest of us 'll have to do some growing before we fit her house." ”

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Carroll Watson Rankin, The Anti-Foster-Pet Association (1907)

“ All I ask of you is to look after Agamemnon—"
"I 'll make him a turnip stew every day," promised Grace, heartily.
"I 've just got to tell somebody," whispered Mrs. Herrick, edging closer to Mrs. Adams, as the little procession followed Mrs. Foster down the flame-lighted street, "that I'm perfectly ashamed of the mean, little, narrow-minded thoughts I 've had concerning that parrot."
"I know exactly how you feel," sobbed Mrs. Adams, hysterical from the mingled emotions of the night. "Big as that blessed woman is, there is n't room in Mrs. ”

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Carroll Watson Rankin, The Anti-Foster-Pet Association (1907)

“ Its leaves are built on the plan of a cross-cut saw, and each one ends in a long, murderously sharp thorn. Really, it seems as if the thing were bewitched, for although it's exactly four feet in diameter, you can't make a cautious, six-foot circuit around it without having it lunge out to jab you. ”

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Carroll Watson Rankin, The Anti-Foster-Pet Association (1907)

“ Then, in addition to possessing unpleasant characteristics of their own, the cat, the dog, the parrot, and the century-plant weighed heavily on the minds of their guardians. Mrs. Blake, for instance, lived in a fever of apprehension lest the century-plant should die from the effects of coal-gas, too much or too little water, too high or too low a temperature. On such nights as Agamemnon was free from toothache, solicitous Mrs. ”

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