Dandyhad lost practically nothing by the fire
except his spare-roomfurniture. Well-behaved young women didnt go strolling abouton
moonlit nights, wearing wedding-clothes. Tom Dark remembered he had seen a black cat
run across the road onhis way to Dandys.
And he was in for marrying awoman like
that.
Margaret stood very still for a few moments,
patting Brians head. Allthe lost colour and laughter of life seemed to have
returned. Dangit, Ive prayed till I was black in the face.
He wasstanding alone on a great, far-reaching plain
of moonlit snow.
This was not at all what he hadlooked
for.
And we wont ever know who should have had the
pieces, saidWilliam Y. Said hed met an old crony inSingapore who gave him an old
Charlottetown paper to read. Around it golden grain fields lay in the beautyof
harvesting. A greatpyramid of pumpkins shone goldenly in Homer Penhallows
yard.
I wonder, he thought wistfully, what it would be
like to beloved.
That isnt a sporting thing to say, she murmured
gently. He started to say something but DrownedJohn nudged him fiercely. And heres
Edith going to have a baby that very week, wailed MrsSim Dark.
I was only goingthrough with it because I didnt
want to disappoint you.
Donnas wedding-dress, Drowned John decided, should
sweep thefloor.
In his despair the child rushed away from the house
andalong the twilit road.
And youve no idea what name was in the envelope?
The whole clan realized that the MoonMan had one of his really crazy fits
on.
All the lovesome things in itsgarden would be
tended and loved. One day, some two months ago, I was up in the barn loft
forkingdown straw.
What Brian saw was his Uncle Duncan asleep on his
bed.
Things werent interesting when people were
toopolite.
After all, youcould not take a jug like that to
Africa.
But Margarets softgrey-blue eyes were so tender and
pitiful. If Chris had died a natural death Murray would have waitedonly three
months.
His mothers so uplifted she can hardly talk. Noel
had evidently very little doubt that he would be forgiven.
It was one thing to explain to a womanthat you
didnt see your way clear to marrying her after all.
Find them there they did, much to everybodys
relief. Dandyhad lost practically nothing by the fire except his
spare-roomfurniture.