News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1917-02-07

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SYNOPSIS.
CHAPTER Turbulence Starr, eldest of
five motherless girls, comes to the Meth
odist parsonage at Mount Mark, as house
mother for her father, the Methodist min
lister.
CHAPTER 1.-THE girls entertain WIS.,
iting minister at luncheon, to his dscom-
nture. Carol, one of the twins, rides the
family cow with disastrous results.
CHAPTER III-Prudence and Fairy re-
ceive the Ladies Aid society while Lark,
Carol and Connie practice modelling in
mud on the dining room table.
CHAPTER Iv-The twins prepare Con-
stance for initiation into their private
secret society with results unexpected 10
themselves.
CHAPTER V-When Fairy entertains
Eugene Babler in the evening, the twins
convince Prudence that etiquette has small
place in the Starr family.
CHAPTER VI-Connie practices econ
omy by borrowing IS from one of the
trustees to buy a new cloak and I'M
lesson
CHAPTER VII-Prudence captures a
burglar and wins $500 reward.
CHAPTER VIII - Prudence takes an
early morning bicycle jaunt and rides in
to mule, q sprained ankle and ro-
nance. The knight OF romance is Jerrold
Harmer.
CHAPTER IX-When Prudence is
brought home Father Starr reads the
girls awakened heart in her actions and
his own heart is heavy.
CHAPTER KERRY visits the par>on-
age and frankly tells Mr.. Starr he in
n mir
CHAPTER XI-After a golden summer
Prudence consents to marry jerry only to
send him away for ever the next morning
when she remembers her duty to her IA
Their and sisters.
CONTINUED
Then / cannot. She made me prom
Use not to tell you word. But it is
not my fault Mr.. Starr. / can tell you
that. 1t is nothing have done or said.
She sent me away because she thinks
it was right for her to do so, and-yOu
know Prudence! 1t is wrong, know.
1 knew it all the time. But l couldn't
make her see it, And she made me
promise not to tell"
In the end Mr.. Starr went back to
the parsonage no wiser than he left,
save that he now knew that Jerry was
really not to blame, and that he held
himself ready to return to her on a
moments notice.
The Ladies of the Methodist church
We're puzzled and eXasperated. They
went to the parsonage, determined to
'find out what's what" But when they
sat with Prudence, and looked at the
frail, pathetic little figure, with the
mournful eyes-they could only sigh
with her and go their ways.
The twins continued to play in the
great maple, even when the leaves
were fallen. ITS a dandy place, l
tell you, Prudence" cried Carol. "Jer-
ry didn't have time to put up the rope |
before Connie pulled him down, but |
we've fixed it ourselves. and it is sim
ply grand. You can go up and swing
any time you like-unless your joints
are too stiff It's very serious mat
ter getting up therefor stiff joints, |
of course, mean. Lark and l get up
easy enough"
For a moment Prudence sat silent |
with quivering lips. Then she burst |
out with unusual passion, Don't you
ever dare climb that tree again as
long as you live, twinsl Mind what |
/ say"
Lark looked thoughtfully out of the |
window, and Carol swallowed hard. |
1t was she who said gently, "Why, of |
course, Prue-just as you say"
IN tho 1au haforo Cb1.i m
sured package was delivered at the 1
parsonage for Prudence. A letter was !
with it, and she read that first.
MY dearest little sweetheart: l |
chose this gift for you long before l
had the right to do it. / was keeping |
1t until the proper moment. But the |
moment came, and went again. Still |
1 want y~u to have the gift. Please
wear it, for my sake, for 1 shall be
happy knowing it is where ii ought to
be, even though l myself am banished.
love you, Prudence. Whenever you
send for me, l am ready to come. En-
tirely and always yours, Jerry"
With trembling fingers she opened
the little package. 1t contained a ring,
with q brilliant diamond flashing my
Rad colors before her eyes. And Pru-
dence kissed it passiOnately. many
times.
Two hours later, she went quietly
downstairs to where the rest of the
family were decorating a Christmas
tree She showed the ring to them
gravely.
Jerry sent it to me-" she said. "Do
YOU think it is all right for me to wear
it, father?"
A thrill of hopeful expectancy ran
through the little group.
Yes. indeed" declared her father. |
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