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How

to

avoid

that

and

win

to

Sondra

after

all

.

How

,

how

,

how

?

And

then

on

his

return

to

Lycurgus

early

Monday

morning

,

the

following

letter

from

Roberta

,

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DEAR

CLYDE

:

My

dear

,

I

have

often

heard

the

saying

,

"

it

never

rains

but

it

pours

,

"

but

I

never

knew

what

it

meant

until

to-day

.

About

the

first

person

I

saw

this

morning

was

Mr.

Wilcox

,

a

neighbor

of

ours

,

who

came

to

say

that

Mrs.

Anse

would

not

be

out

today

on

account

of

some

work

she

had

to

do

for

Mrs.

Dinwiddie

in

Biltz

,

although

when

she

left

yesterday

everything

had

been

prepared

for

her

so

that

I

could

help

her

a

little

with

the

sewing

and

so

hurry

things

up

a

bit

.

And

now

she

wo

n't

be

here

until

tomorrow

.

Next

word

came

that

Mother

's

sister

,

Mrs.

Nichols

,

is

very

ill

and

Mother

had

to

go

over

to

her

house

at

Baker

's

Pond

,

which

is

about

twelve

miles

east

of

here

,

Tom

driving

her

,

although

he

ought

to

be

here

to

help

father

with

all

the

work

that

there

is

to

do

about

the

farm

.

And

I

do

n't

know

if

Mother

will

be

able

to

get

back

before

Sunday

.

If

I

were

better

and

did

n't

have

all

this

work

of

my

own

on

my

hands

I

would

have

to

go

too

,

I

suppose

,

although

Mother

insists

not

.

Next

,

Emily

and

Tom

,

thinking

all

is

going

so

well

with

me

and

that

I

might

enjoy

it

,

were

having

four

girls

and

four

boys

come

here

tonight

for

a

sort

of

June

moon-party

,

with

ice

cream

and

cake

to

be

made

by

Emily

and

Mother

and

myself

.

But

now

,

poor

dear

,

she

has

to

do

a

lot

of

telephoning

over

Mr.

Wilcox

's

phone

,

which

we

share

,

in

order

to

put

it

off

until

some

day

next

week

,

if

possible

.

And

she

's

just

heartsick

and

gloomy

,

of

course

.

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As

for

myself

,

I

'm

trying

to

keep

a

stiff

upper

lip

,

as

the

saying

is

.

But

it

's

pretty

hard

,

dear

,

I

'll

tell

you

.

For

so

far

I

have

only

had

three

small

telephone

talks

with

you

,

saying

that

you

did

n't

think

you

would

have

the

necessary

money

before

July

fifth

.

And

to

put

the

finishing

touches

on

it

,

as

I

only

learned

to-day

,

Mamma

and

Papa

have

about

decided

to

go

to

my

Uncle

Charlie

's

in

Hamilton

for

over

the

fourth

(

from

the

fourth

to

the

fifteenth

)

and

take

me

with

them

,

unless

I

decide

to

return

to

Lycurgus

,

while

Tom

and

Emily

visit

with

my

sister

at

Homer

.

But

,

dear

,

I

ca

n't

do

that

,

as

you

know

.

I

'm

too

sick

and

worried

.

Last

night

I

vomited

dreadful

and

have

been

half

dead

on

my

feet

all

day

,

and

I

am

just

about

crazy

tonight

.

Dear

,

what

can

we

do

?

Ca

n't

you

come

for

me

before

July

third

,

which

will

be

the

time

they

will

be

going

?

You

will

have

to

come

for

me

before

then

,

really

,

because

I

just

ca

n't

go

up

there

with

them

.

It

's

fifty

miles

from

here

.

I

could

say

I

would

go

up

there

with

them

if

only

you

would

be

sure

to

come

for

me

before

they

start

.

But

I

must

be

absolutely

sure

that

you

are

coming

--

absolutely

.

Clyde

,

I

have

done

nothing

but

cry

since

I

got

here

.

If

you

were

only

here

I

would

n't

feel

so

badly

.

I

do

try

to

be

brave

,

dear

,

but

how

can

I

help

thinking

at

times

that

you

will

never

come

for

me

when

you

have

n't

written

me

one

single

note

and

have

only

talked

to

me

three

times

since

I

've

been

up

here

.

But

then

I

say

to

myself

you

could

n't

be

so

mean

as

that

,

and

especially

since

you

have

promised

.

Oh

,

you

will

come

,

wo

n't

you

?

Everything

worries

me

so

now

,

Clyde

,

for

some

reason

and

I

'm

so

frightened

,

dear

.

I

think

of

last

summer

and

then

this

one

,

and

all

my

dreams

.

It

wo

n't

make

any

real

difference

to

you

about

your

coming

a

few

days

sooner

than

you

intended

,

will

it

,

dear

?

Even

if

we

have

to

get

along

on

a

little

less

.

I

know

that

we

can

.

I

can

be

very

saving

and

economical

.

I

will

try

to

have

my

dresses

made

by

then

.

If

not

,

I

will

do

with

what

I

have

and

finish

them

later

.

And

I

will

try

and

be

brave

,

dear

,

and

not

annoy

you

much

,

if

only

you

will

come

.

You

must

,

you

know

,

Clyde

.

It

ca

n't

be

any

other

way

,

although

for

your

sake

now

I

wish

it

could

.

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