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The Last Redmond Year Opens

           JaneAndrews’motherscoldedherfrightfullybecauseshehadsomanyhandkerchiefsinthewashthatweek.It’saharrowingtaleofthewanderingsofaMethodistminister’swife.ImadeheraMethodistbecauseitwasnecessarythatsheshouldwander.Sheburiedachildeveryplaceshelivedin.Therewerenineofthemandtheirgraveswereseveredfarapart,rangingfromNewfoundlandtoVancouver.Idescribedthechildren,picturedtheirseveraldeathbeds,anddetailedtheirtombstonesandepitaphs.IhadintendedtoburythewholeninebutwhenIhaddisposedofeightmyinventionofhorrorsgaveoutandIpermittedtheninthtoliveasahopelesscripple.”

           WhileStellareadMyGraves,punctuatingitstragicparagraphswithchuckles,andRustysleptthesleepofajustcatwhohasbeenoutallnightcurleduponaJaneAndrewstaleofabeautifulmaidenoffifteenwhowenttonurseinalepercolonyofcoursedyingoftheloathsomediseasefinallyAnneglancedovertheothermanuscriptsandrecalledtheolddaysatAvonleaschoolwhenthemembersoftheStoryClub,sittingunderthesprucetreesordownamongthefernsbythebrook,hadwrittenthem.Whatfuntheyhadhad!Howthesunshineandmirthofthoseoldensummersreturnedassheread.NotalltheglorythatwasGreeceorthegrandeurthatwasRomecouldweavesuchwizardryasthosefunny,tearfultalesoftheStoryClub.AmongthemanuscriptsAnnefoundonewrittenonsheetsofwrappingpaper.Awaveoflaughterfilledhergrayeyesassherecalledthetimeandplaceofitsgenesis

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