Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-02-10

brought up from the post-ofice. one
was addressed to her in Anne's Ia
miliar handwriting and was posi-
marked New York!
As though she had been struck
Nancy dropped down onsthe stairs!
Annes valiant spirit Of sacrifice aho
service had given way to complaint.
"All these weeks ,couped up in a ut
tie room in London waiting Tor iur.
Their orders. only to have them aarc
to tell me-after all the encourage-
Nment I'd habitat I was too young
and inexperienced to 80 on into gus
STA, and that I could be OF greater
service in organization work PACK
home. Think Of it, Nancy! And then
shipping me back rs though l was q
little child. 1 have wor myself OUT
with disappointment, rage and. ols,
gust. !. came here to your rooms ano
slept last night in your bed las 'much
as any one could sleep with the FIN
neRan baby cutting q tooth down.
stairs) and I shall stay here until l
can calm down enough to make some
definite plans.
"... You've been a dear, Nancy,
and I've been quite curious to Know
how you've gotten on never
dreamed you'd stay so long! And now
I must ask you to stay Just a little
longer. until I know what l want to
do. Under no circumstances let my
aunt know the truth.
Nancy read the letter three tines
she could scarcely believe her eyes:
come to nothing.
In her own desire to clean her soul
by confession, she had forgotten
h~- 0 >~,-nA AhA ~nvSlA nNf fQlI
Aunt S9brina-at least not now. she
must wait, as Anne had asked.
"Oh. what q tangled web we weave
when first we practice to deceive
Nancy repeated. bitterly, feeling as
though the web she had made was
tying her hand and foot.
B'lfndy, looking in from the Kitchen
saw her. B'lindy's face was strange
fly Frightened: she gave a mysterious
crook to her finger as she beckoned to
Nancy to come into the kitchen.
II set some coffee by for yo,,-l
guessed you'd be tuckered out after
yesterday. ridinf round in that storm
and then 1ndin' the wallet was 'nough
to tucker anybody" Before she
poured the coffee she closed the door
leading into the front Of the house.
miss Nancy. there's been more
changes in Happy House even than
indin' that Wallet"
What do you mean. Blindy?"
B'lindy leaned a radiant face over
Nancy.
Its Miss Sabriny-she's been just
like she was born again! I guess folks
won't know her. And you'll never
guess what we're goin' to have up
here. A bbay!!"
Nancy was frankly astonished.
Thor PsY;nI1y <oJd har Nunof IN tho OK.
element of the afternoon before, she
had not heard-of finding the baby
and Davy's note.
II guess that little mite opened up
somethin' that was all dried up in
Sabriny Leavitt's heart! Seems while
We was all fussin' over the mess In
the settin' room Davy Hopworth come
up after that baby lookin' like he'd
been scared to death. And then this
1tornin' Sabriny Leavitt comes to me
n asks me to go down to Timothy
Hopkins with her while she asks him
for that baby back. Well, we vent
up. And Timothy Hopkins refused
her fiat! You wouldn't have believed
your ears, Nancy, Sabriny Leavitt
took most to cryin' and she told him
how lonesome it was up to Happy
House and how her whole life'd been
wasted cause she'd never done for
others and he'd be dom a kindness to
an old wonan to let her take the
baby and do for it. But 1t want un-
til she'd promised that she'd just sort
O. bring him up and he could always
go home and play with the nine 9TH
ers and the nine o. them could come
to Happy Houses often as they want
ed that he'd as much as listen. Sc
we're roin' 70 have a ha R'lindy
said it with unconcealed triumph