Lets hope it lasts this time, said Uncle Tom.
Forthwith she and Rae and Judyand mother went into committee on the
subject.
Withthat hint of wistful appeal back of their
laughter? No, Judy, Brook and I are just going to be marriedhere with you home folks
looking on.
And you cantell him my parting word was
The onewho goes is happier far than the one thats
left behind.
Oh, oh, if that was all that did be
lost!
It would be better if he never came back ifhe comes
as a stranger. I have the very thing for that here, said Mrs. The thirdtime she
managed to ejaculate,Josiah! Tillytuck rumbled and took a large bite out of a
cinnamon bun. Ive always lovedthe Long House next to Silver Bush. So youve hooked
the widower at last, Pat?
I dont know what you mean, said Pat icily
Im just going to sit here and hate her hard. She
said with a laugh that she was having a second youth. Its just that he feels hes
lost face, said Rae. Oh, oh, it ought to be wid a whole year to get riddy in,
agreedJudy.
They could have theaunts and uncles and cousins
surely.
It had become absolutely necessary for him to start
forChina at once instead of next year.
I simply cant go down to see him, gasped Pat, going
momentarilyto pieces. Brook wrote that the manager of the Chinese branch had
suddenlydied. I was just a kid when he went away but Iremember him well. Rae
expected to be married in another year.
Then Im one of the kind of people who cant love
that way. Ive a nasty, going-to-happenyfeeling this morning that I dont like. Ive
never understood how a gal could bringherself to marry a widower
Im expecting to feel his warm,rough little tongue
on my hand any moment. But she wished Pat well andwas careful to say that MR. I
wouldnt let her in if I was you, said Mrs.