The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1910-02-25

His Home
coming
How He Found His Grandmother
and What He Did For Her.
by FRANK n. SWEET.
Copyright 1909 hy American Press

by FRANK n. SNEE-

4 Copyright. 1900. by American Press I.
+ Association.
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II was the hour of noon. A tnll. sal
low faced man sat on the barnynr,
wall, SnHing over his rocky fields with
slow, speculative eyes lie had finish
cd his dinner and was now waiting fO
The help,
Every few minutes he glanced i'm
patiently toward the door Of the Ion,
back Kitchen.
At last he muitrrcd something undc
his breath aud slid heavily from til,
wall At the same moment he saw {
hoy approaching
Does Mrs. Carter live hcrey" th,
boy asked briskly M he paused II
front Of the man.
"Shc's slayln here just now" wa,
the answer. II guess youll find hcl
In the house
TIL" buy walked IN past the bnrnynr,
aud Nj the clam SHIELDED lined path I,
Tia" front door Of the old farmhouse.
"ls Ms, Garter lu:" he asked OF th,
little old woman who opened the door
"Rnund In the Kitchen, cntin' he
dinner" was the mumbllng answer
"NIru folks eat fust here, Who he YET
Eut the boy had already left Til,
step aud was on his way round To tn,
lilrhcu.
The door was partly open. and Ii,
could 500 long table. around whIcl
wcr" seated II dozen or more old w0
men aud children. lie knocked gent,
aud repeated his question.
A sweet faced old woman rose an,
came Ia the door.
81 nn Mrs. Carter" she snid pleas
antly, what do YOU wlshT
liuI the boy could not answer
lie felt all those curious eyes upoI
him, and thcr" was lump In hi
throat ana II terror uf something h,
could not understand
81 wish 10 src YOU" he STAN
mcr"d ~ length.
Every well Suppose we go into tn,
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sympathetic"
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1h" old ""iIhI smiled ANA tried Il
rn'is" herself.
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rel any more. They h.~r mad" II ~
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hl'd "n"s anh Nr"k"h It t'hh"rly
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asked, using Ia" pet nam" she hh'
| given lIl5 Father many years before.
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li'"d IN III" i"s nous" 10y III" p"hd'
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''riE' SIri'IS. h'i' hfter Two or tire
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hLd hHhIIy stopped altogether