The Round of Life

           

           AnnewasbackinAvonleawiththelusteroftheThorburnScholarshiponherbrow.Peopletoldhershehadn’tchangedmuch,inatonewhichhintedtheyweresurprisedandalittledisappointedshehadn’t.Avonleahadnotchanged,either.Atleast,soitseemedatfirst.ButasAnnesatintheGreenGablespew,onthefirstSundayafterherreturn,andlookedoverthecongregation,shesawseverallittlechangeswhich,allcominghometoheratonce,madeherrealizethattimedidnotquitestandstill,eveninAvonlea.Anewministerwasinthepulpit.Inthepewsmorethanonefamiliarfacewasmissingforever.Old“UncleAbe,”hisprophesyingoveranddonewith,Mrs.PeterSloane,whohadsighed,itwastobehoped,forthelasttime,TimothyCotton,who,asMrs.RachelLyndesaid“hadactuallymanagedtodieatlastafterpracticingatitfortwentyyears,”andoldJosiahSloane,whomnobodyknewinhiscoffinbecausehehadhiswhiskersneatlytrimmed,wereallsleepinginthelittlegraveyardbehindthechurch.AndBillyAndrewswasmarriedtoNettieBlewett!They“appearedout”thatSunday.WhenBilly,beamingwithprideandhappiness,showedhisbe-plumedandbe-silkedbrideintotheHarmonAndrews’pew,Annedroppedherlidstohideherdancingeyes.SherecalledthestormywinternightoftheChristmasholidayswhenJanehadproposedforBilly.Hecertainlyhadnotbrokenhisheartoverhisrejection.AnnewonderedifJanehadalsoproposedtoNettieforhim,orifhehadmusteredenoughspunktoaskthefatefulquestionhimself.

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