Show JA JACKS zoma RETURN 11 URN by mrs F M howard T cops light by joseph 13 bowles aunt heps e barger measured mea suied out tle tl e ing ingredients loi the children childrens s fa nei oi te c p cal e well marion here a 3 ou r at list ae an light glad I 1 am to s atou e you too I 1 ei ell acted yo i would be aunt hep s e aid a id I 1 should have been here ear I 1 ei el hilt bat company came last night and I 1 co ild i ot get away k bright faced girl had entered and wa taking off her wrappings as it if leiff atly at home in the farm hoj boa e marion ainslie was a charm ing g rl with the faculty of ai taching arm friendship to hersell herself from young and old anele jerrys folks came and stop I 1 er ON 01 er on their way to watertown to alend thanksgiving with ell she explained they wanted me to go oo 00 but thanksgiving isn t quite the same to me anywhere else but here 0 no o marion nobody can fill your olace the bony old hand withered and worn in service tor for others smoothed the satiny black hair caress angly it if you was nias really my own darter jarter I 1 set more store by you A crimson flush overspread the soft brunette drunette cheek you haven t heal d anything from tack lack yet have you marion no auntie not a word she sighed just a year ago today to day and it seems uke like ten what was it child that set him off so soa asked mrs barber gently 1 I ive ve always wanted to know but I 1 thought when you wanted me to hear it you d itell itell me why aunt hepsie dlan didn t you knowd the girl raised her head with 1001 of astonishment I 1 supposed of df course that he had told you the whole foolish story or I 1 should have spoken of it long ago not a word dearie he ile only came in one day hs his face all white and set 0 tell me that he was going and that ill all women were vere flirts and deco deceivers ivers I 1 thought for awhile that you had mit zenoti nod him but I 1 ve put two and two gether since an changed my mind why vou know auntie I 1 was in aate with dolly jenkins about that ne ine there I 1 knowel that tormented ier er had something or other to do i it interrupted mrs barber en icalla nd she kept telling me of the at ans ns which jack was paying her IP sly and intimating more than tally ally said until at last I 1 taxed with ith it and you know how jack is s ready to go off the handle at arts barnin an then too proud n that he s in the wrong jd d he wouldn t give me a word of traction braction as to whether she had the truth or not only that it I 1 had commenced distrusting him so soon we might as well part first as last with other speeches which cut deeper still oh it was so hard aunt heps e when I 1 loved him so he ile ac aused me of being jealous but it was not so I 1 only thought it best it if he really cared for her to have the mat ter settled rightly before it was too late my poor little girl and that wid der with detestation in every tone she s been after him thicket n mush ever since she took off her moarnin an all her grievance is that he would have nothing to say to her I 1 es I 1 know that now that its it s too late aunt heasle but there s no use crying for spilt split milk a bright tear trembled on the long eyelashes and I 1 will try and not spoil my ing g with tears at length the cooking was all done ithe e big turkey dressed and ready for stuffing uffing and the rows on rows of pies 1 rl r h plummy cal es the danof ahn genits its and the heaping platter of cakes and another of jam tarts ted a large gathering on the were the chambers yet to put r tor for the guests and mailon at part of the m work ork while aunt rubbed the silver and tidied thing hen chen was already spotlessly spotless lv J for or aunt hepsie was an emmac housekeeper ouse keeper but there were to fill a little looping back of s i and arranging of furniture ado do and marion marlon attended to it all humming a song as she did so in jack s room alone no preparation was to be made tor for aunt heps e use the room for no one but its wrier but marion went in there with lonely feeling in her heart the song ng upon her lips as she did so suddenly a tl ought came to her a e loudd prepare jack jacks s room too li if he were coming with the rest and with nimble fingers she dusted and arranged everything in the best possible order the house began to fill with a merry crowd of relatives at an early hour on the morrow for a thanksgiving din cpr npr at aunt heasle s was a treat to boung and old the young minister was mas just ex pla phil ining ning the difference between a spiritual and a merely intellectual be lief in scripture when a frightened v rio ot of children came scrambling down the stairs oh aunt I depsie there s a burglar in jack jacks s room there is and he a asleep on the he bed A burglar g don t get 11 go up and rout him out give me the pok poker e r and horace started up the stas m hurriedly u with his formidable on nd I 1 too uncle drake a joll fellow of immense avoirdupois t ight up the tongs ill pinch him jle ile horace belabors him he bu glar must have been in a nd slumber not to have heard the fusion of whispering voices at the j r but there was mas no sound within i hamber until horace opened the and peered cautiously in the r in hand in defens defensive ivA readiness q ick ba da b sou v clain it if you haven t been up to 0 r old tricks ot of climbing in dt at the w adow horace s voice noice came floating do the stairway a in a I 1 eal of surprised laughter jack my jack IN well ell I 1 never ci died led aunt hepsie p ashing hei way through the crow crom d and kushli g up the sta rs alai mabion ion at tl tie e first sound of jacks jack s name had divined in a moment mo nent just what had occurred that jack had como come on tl e early morning train and not wish ng to arouse the family had hae crept i p to his room window in the moonlight and as she had so obliging GF W 11 my marion forg ve and for get ly left it open had found no trouble in getting in quietly and ng and blushing she retreated to the kitchen to think it over and compose herself for the meeting with him they had parted in anger and she scarcely knew how to receive him now she resolved that a little of the concession at least must come from jack since he had left her so caval er ly and so unkindly t just cause she was standing there still bal anding the fork with which she had just turned the turkey idly in her hand when an arm stole around her waist and jack jacks s voice very humble and loving whispered in her eai will my marion marlon forgive and forgets all her pride vanished at once un der the spell of the dear familiar voice and turning she shed happy tears of rejoicing on her lover s der and why haven t you written to me jacka she asked reproachfully atter after a few moments of happy con verse I 1 did marion I 1 wrote you a long ie ter asking your forgiveness for the miserable part I 1 had taken in that wretched quarrel but I 1 never received a word in reply and of course I 1 sup posed you were angry and unforgiving toward me how could I 1 answer it dear jack when I 1 never received it no not one line bioni you in all this weary year it if I 1 could only have known it but not hearing made me so angry that I 1 determined detel mined that you or no one else should know where I 1 was or anything about me you foolish hot tempered jaci said marion softly but how did vou chance to come home deara I 1 could not keep away said jack simply As thanksgiving drew near the attraction toward the old home became Q came too strong to be resisted and no ow w that I 1 have you again I 1 in not going to let you go and I 1 propose hat that we be married this very day I 1 go for a minister directly atter after dinne and d well we 11 make it a thanksgiving worth remembering well as for that there s no use 0 out of the house for a minis mints tei aunt hepsie had come in to ook look after her neglected dinner and stood regarding them with a beaming face young mr holland Is a minis ter and I 1 don t doubt but that he d be glad to have a ceremony cei emony to sorter get in n practice on you know all the better well we 11 be married be fore ore dinner then and have a wedding dinner as well as a thanksgiving least feast just let me brush up my hair a bit while marion takes off her kitchen apron the great brown was an in te resting witness of a angly im prompts ceremony a half hour laer later and never had a jollier thail dinner been served in the old farm louse house than upon this occasion made memorable by the presence of a bur glar in the house and the sube subsequent quent of wedding bells |