Hills of the Shatemuc Author:Susan Warner Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHATTER VII. Happy te With such a mother! faith Id womankind Beats with hb blood, and trust in all tilings high Comes easy to him. Tenetson. What a ... more »coming home that was. Who could have guessed that any ungrateful cause had had anything to do with it. What kisses, what smiles, what family rejoicings at the table, what endless talks round the fire. What delight in the returned Member of Assembly; what admiration of the future Collegian. For nobody had given that up; wishes were bidden to wait awhile, that was all; and as the waiting had procured them this dear home-gathering, who could quarrel with it. Nay, there was no eye shaded, there was no voice untuned for the glad music of that time. " Well i'l's worth going away, to come back again, ain't it ? " said Mr. Landholm, when they were gathered round the fire that first evening. " No," said his wife. " Well, I didn't think so last winter," said the father of the family, drawing his broad hand over his eyes. " I can tell you, I hafo thought so this great while," said Rufus. " It's it's seven or eight months now since I have been home." " Papa," said little Winifred, squeezing in and climbing up on her father's knees,—" we have wanted you every night." " You did!" said her father, bending his face conveniently down to her golden curb;—" and what did you do by day ? " " O we wanted you; but then you know we were so busy In the day-time." " Busy! " said her father,—" I guess you were busy ! " She made herself busy then, for putting both arms round huneck she pressed and kissed his face, till feeling grew too excited with the indulgence of it, and she lay with her head quite still upon his shoulder where nobody could see her eyes. The father's eyes told tales. " I think Winifred has forgo...« less