THE STRAWBERRY NOVEMBER 1906 



bit wonder if you was down to the Springs 

 inside of a month from now. Laddie's 

 got his heart set on it." 



He hasn't said much about that lately. 

 Guess he has about given it up. Might 

 as well." 



Mother did not tell her husband how 

 many times she and the boy had talked it 

 over down in the field, watching the ber- 

 ries grow. That was to be their secret. 

 But she had come near to letting it out 

 when she least meant to. 



The long day came to an end at last, 

 though, and Laddie came running in from 

 the barn after the team had been cared 

 for. He jingled something in his pocket 

 as he bounded out where Father sat on 

 the porch. 



"Got your trunk packed, Father.''" 



"My trunk packed, Laddie.''" 

 For the Springs. You're going, you 

 know. This very fall. 'Wait till the 

 threshing's done. We want you to 'tend 

 to that. Then you're going, sure. Just 

 look at that!" 



He poured out something less than a 

 peck measure full of coins into the hat of 

 the father, who sat there with eyes bulg- 

 ing out. 



"Where in the world, Laddie — ?" 

 That's the first of the berry money, 

 Father. More where that came from, 

 too, isn't there, Mother.?" 



And then the secret came out. Hopes 

 were being realized. Fears were being 

 swept away. New dreams were coming 

 into the hearts that loved so truly. In 

 spite of all the doubts, berries were indeed 

 worth while! 



That quarter of an acre of strawberries 

 did send Father away to the Springs. 

 They did more. They cleared up the 

 balance on the mortgage. They put a 

 little money in the bank, all that one fall. 

 Father would not have believed it. Awa>- 

 at his resting place he received the letters 

 every day telling him of the sunshiny 

 times which had come to the farm. He 

 was in a hurry to get back and take a 

 hand once more; and when he did, the 

 berries should have a better part in the 

 farm operations than ever they had in the 

 past. It had been a hard tug for Laddie; 

 and how bravely he had gone about it, 

 too! It made him ashamed to think of it. 

 But they would not let him come back 

 till the soreness was all gone out of his 

 poor old limbs. 



It went at last, though, and just the 

 evening before Thanksgiving Day Father 

 came home. He sprang up the steps like 

 a boy of sixteen. No more limping and 

 groaning. The aches and the pains were 

 all gone. It was indeed a joyous Thanks- 

 giving time. How they liked to talk 

 about it now! Such planning for the 

 future! Such day dreams as there were 

 that day. And most of all, the thanks- 

 giving was for the beautiful berries that 

 had made all the rejoicing possible. 



"The strawberries did it, didn't they 

 Father.?" 



"The berries and Laddie!" 



Father's eyes were full of tears and 

 they all thought for a moment that the 

 Thanksgiving turkey had grown wonder- 

 fully tough and hard to swallow. But it 

 wasn't the turkey's fault! He was all 

 right. It was the berries. 



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 Brother John Smith!" At this announce- 

 ment one sat down and five more got up 

 and began praying. The preacher saw 

 his mistake, said nothing and let the 

 eleven pray it out among themselves. 



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