The Somerset reporter., 1886-12-22

The little tailor rose, with his eyes shooting
from his head and his face as white as the
dead Mrs. PEBBLES gasped, but could not
speak, for 10! following Honor into the room
was "A tall, good looking young man with
frank blue eyes, brown beard and bronzed
face-ther own Tom, the long hoped for,
long absent SON. who had returned on Christ
mas night, exactly as absent sons frequently
do in books, but very rarely in real life. He
fell on his knees before Mrs. PEBBLES, sobbing
in her lap, while the little tailor was wildly
shaking hands with everybody. The happi-
est moment had come for all three of the
PEBBLES family. Their story had told itself.
Grace Fairle, the little schoolmstress,
said: Il am obliged to acknowledge that /
owe the happiest moments | have ever expe-
rienced to the receipt of letter that came
to me one day when was terribly in need
of the help ii brought Over the poor
lodger's face stole an expression of almost
angelic joy, but only Aunt Margaret noticed
it.
Then they all turned to little Annie-feeble,
prematurey old, sad faced little Anne-who
sat gazing reflect vely into the fire and then
said: ~ member once father said he would
give me n worse hiding than ever when he
came home cause waited for him outside
and forgot TO give it me. If that will do,
miss"
Little Annie! Poor little Annie! How
could she know that this story which she told
so simply in so few words was the most pa
thetic that had ever been writtenl
Then it was Honors turn to talk She had
just begun her story-a fairy story-when,
glancing up, her face expressed astonishment,
confusion and happiness, all in an instant.
There, standing i'll the door, unannounced,
was Sir Edward Dusart. Anyone who UNI
derstood the language of faces would know at
once by glance at Honor's that her happiest
moment bad come, that her story. too. had
told itself, for only one thing could rave
brought Sir Edward Dusart to her from
Uncle Bryson's ON that Christmas night And
wasn't il curious that the scheming of the
Brysons to keep him from again meeting
Honor had brought about the very thing
they had tried To prevent! And isn't il al
ways sos Behind Sir Edward came Mr.. Red
mond, who, after greeting everybody, said
something to Aunt Margaret which seemed
to make her face radiant and caused her TO
tell the story of her happiest moment with
her eyes only, She it was, not Honor. who
had been the cause of his visits there, AMI in
the fewest words possible on that Christmas
night he made this plain to her; and later,
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one of the happiest moments of his life
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