The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-12-31
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she Was putting the last flyins
stitches. into a piece Of fine under
Wear when the door opened and her
daughter entered the room. the girl
mad IN her hand an open letter.
I've got it written" she
said. Il never dreamed it would be
SUCH hard work just writing to ones
er, and see il it is all right"
Mrs. Burnett took the letter and
Glanced over the few lines it con-
tanned. The sheet wavered in her
grasp although she tried to hold her
self in rigidly. ut is all right" she
agreed. She gave it back to her
daughter and ar, took up her sewins:
turned away. Il wonder-do you sup.
pose he'll come? It's a. good ways.
But then it's a great occasion. I'm
his only child and TIM going to be
married. I want him TO come. 1t
won't seem right to be married with
out him. I've tried to tell him that in
Mrs. Burnett was looking out the
window. What she saw was the mar
row village street on which she lived
all her days. 1t had had q good deal
to do with her life. one way an
other. But she did not consider that
now. She was wondering merely
whether Jessie's father would come
to see his girl married.
h did not speak or now again
and the girl went to her room pre-
burnett wanted to be- absolutely alone
n undisturhed. She wanted to think
to plan ou a course of action in
case Jessie's father should come.
She thought of him now entirely as
Jessies father. She could not decide
In her " mind whether he would
come or not. 1T was a long ways TO
SASKATCHEWAN. and he might not have
money enough. He never had money
which their DISAGREEMENT began. He
never had elhowed his way into any
I Of success. and she could not
make him. She had been angry a
good many times before she had been
discouraged. They We're poor. And
she wanted Jessie 10 have a good
time and money was the only door.
sands-her inheritance from her r
ems. Kut that was not enough. Joe
ought to make his way. When he
would not. or could not she began to
lose faith in him. They drifted apart.
At n last it had come quietly.
Some old friend Of his was going
prospecting into Saskatchewan and
141a " 30 dlOllE. ne went.
He broke down over his parting with
Jessie The girl was eleven and she
did not understand. She only knew
that he was going and she was fond
OF him. That was ten years ago.
In ten years he had written infre.
quently to Jessie. but he had not
come home: He said very little about
himself. The girl had grown away
from him until he had become little
more than a memory. Yet now that
Sne was to be married she wanted
MS presence; And she had written
MN to come home.
suppose he came! Mrs. Burnett
pondered that seriously. 1t was to
oe an informal wedding. She would
rather a tho" nd times he did not
come. It bring things back
TOO vividly. le an uncomfortable
situation for her. Yet If the girl
wanted him she could say no word
against his coming. Jessie was her
tlrst thought. Yet she grew graver
and paler as the days. went after the
sending of that letter bidding him to
come. ~
:, It was going to be very lonely fol-
her when Jessie left. She dare, not
think Of that part of it. She kept VERY
ousy all of the time sewing, planning,
attending to the thousand details that
even a quiet wedding necessitates,
Jessie u be quite free and untried.
ana still no answer came to Jessie's