Excerpt: ...my girl had all her wits about her when she went to pick out a man for herself!" Randolph and Reginald stayed in hiding until it was established beyond all doubt that their brother Fred was alive and well. Then they came back to the "Sailors' Rest," and life for them went on as before. At Christmas time a bulky letter and a small white box came addressed to them, bearing the postmark of Bournemouth. The brothers seized their letter with undiluted joy; it was addressed in a bold, masculine hand, a lawyer's ...
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Excerpt: ...my girl had all her wits about her when she went to pick out a man for herself!" Randolph and Reginald stayed in hiding until it was established beyond all doubt that their brother Fred was alive and well. Then they came back to the "Sailors' Rest," and life for them went on as before. At Christmas time a bulky letter and a small white box came addressed to them, bearing the postmark of Bournemouth. The brothers seized their letter with undiluted joy; it was addressed in a bold, masculine hand, a lawyer's undoubtedly-a striking though perhaps not conclusive proof that Aunt Patience had winged her flight. They were a little bit disappointed that it had not black edges-they had always imagined that the "blow" would come with black edges. Reginald opened it, read it, and let it fall to the floor. Randolph opened it, read it, and let it fall to the floor. It contained a thick announcement card, with heavy gold edge, and the news that it carried was to the effect that on December the first Miss Priscilla Abigail Patience Brydon had been united in marriage to Rev. Alfred William Henry Curtis Moreland, Rector of St. Albans, Tilbury-on- the-Stoke, and followed this with the information that Mr. and Mrs. Alfred William Henry Curtis Moreland would be at home after January the first in the Rectory, Appleblossom Court, Parklane Road, Tilbury-on- the-Stoke. The envelope also contained a sweetly happy, fluttery little note from Aunt Patience, saying she hoped they were well, and that she would try to be a good mother to the Rector's four little boys. The small white box contained two squares of wedding cake! THE RUNAWAY GRANDMOTHER (Reprinted by permission of The Globe, Toronto.) George Shaw came back to his desolate hearth, and, sitting by the untidy table, thought bitter things of women. The stove dripped ashes; the table overflowed with dirty dishes. His last housekeeper had been gone a week-she had left by request. Incidentally there disappeared at the...
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And Other Stories. Pp. 224. 8vo. Red binding. General shelfwear, binding faded, hinges tender but holding, pages thumbed, ink inscription to ffep, evidence of potential shallow worm tunnel to lower edge; good.
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