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Chapters (72)
  1. Front Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. THE FIRST YEAR
  6. CHAPTER 1
  7. CHAPTER 2
  8. CHAPTER 3
  9. CHAPTER 4
  10. CHAPTER 5
  11. CHAPTER 6
  12. CHAPTER 7
  13. CHAPTER 8
  14. CHAPTER 9
  15. CHAPTER 10
  16. CHAPTER 11
  17. CHAPTER 12
  18. THE SECOND YEAR
  19. CHAPTER 13
  20. CHAPTER 14
  21. CHAPTER 15
  22. CHAPTER 16
  23. CHAPTER 17
  24. CHAPTER 18
  25. CHAPTER 19
  26. CHAPTER 20
  27. CHAPTER 21
  28. CHAPTER 22
  29. THE THIRD YEAR
  30. CHAPTER 23
  31. CHAPTER 24
  32. CHAPTER 25
  33. CHAPTER 26
  34. THE FOURTH YEAR
  35. CHAPTER 27
  36. CHAPTER 28
  37. CHAPTER 29
  38. CHAPTER 30
  39. CHAPTER 31
  40. CHAPTER 32
  41. THE FIFTH YEAR
  42. CHAPTER 33
  43. CHAPTER 34
  44. THE SIXTH YEAR
  45. CHAPTER 35
  46. CHAPTER 36
  47. CHAPTER 37
  48. THE SEVENTH YEAR
  49. CHAPTER 38
  50. CHAPTER 39
  51. CHAPTER 40
  52. CHAPTER 41
  53. CHAPTER 42
  54. CHAPTER 43
  55. THE EIGHTH YEAR
  56. CHAPTER 44
  57. CHAPTER 45
  58. CHAPTER 46
  59. THE NINTH YEAR
  60. CHAPTER 47
  61. CHAPTER 48
  62. THE TENTH YEAR
  63. CHAPTER 49
  64. CHAPTER 50
  65. CHAPTER 51
  66. CHAPTER 52
  67. THE ELEVENTH YEAR
  68. CHAPTER 53
  69. CHAPTER 54
  70. CHAPTER 55
  71. About the Author
  72. Back Cover

“She’s a gallant girl and easy on the eye,” he said. “I’ve neither chick nor child of my own. I like your girls, Alec. They can laugh when things go wrong and I like that. Anyone can laugh when it’s all smooth sailing. I’ll not be east again, Alec, but I’m glad I came for once. It’s been good to see old Judy again. Those plum tarts of hers with whipped cream! My stomach will never be the same again but it was worth it. I’m glad you keep up all the old traditions here.”

“One does one’s best,” said Long Alec modestly.

But Judy in the kitchen was shaking her gray bob sorrowfully at Gentleman Tom.

“Young Horace don’t be young inny longer. All the divilmint has gone out av him. And looking so solemn! There was a time the solemner he looked the more mischief he was plotting. Oh, oh!” Judy sighed. “I’m fearing we do all be getting a bit ould, cat dear.”

THE THIRD YEAR

CHAPTER 23

Rae was off to Queen’s and Pat was very lonely. Of course Rae came home every Friday night, just as Pat had done in her Queen’s year, and they had hilarious weekends. But the rest of the time was hard to endure. No Rae to laugh and gossip with…no Rae to talk over the day with at bedtime…no Rae to sleep in the little white bed beside her own. Pat cried herself to sleep for several nights, and then devoted herself to Silver Bush more passionately than ever.

Rae, after her first homesick week, liked town and college very much, though she was sometimes cold in her boarding house bed and the only window of her room looked out on the blank brick wall of the next house instead of a flower garden and green fields and misty hills.

And Judy was getting ready for her trip to Ireland. She was to go in November with the Patterson family from Summerside, who were revisiting the old sod, and all through October little else was talked of at Silver Bush. Pat, though she hated the thought of Judy going, threw herself heart and soul into the preparations. Judy must and should have this wonderful trip to her old home after her life of hard work. Everybody was interested. Long Alec went to town and got Judy her steamer trunk. Judy looked a bit strange when he dumped it on the walk.

“Oh, oh, I know I do be going…but I can’t belave it, Patsy. That trunk there…I can’t fale it belongs to me. If it was the old blue chist now…”