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Updated: June 17, 2025
"Granp said God loved little children, and always listened to them," and with this comforting thought she at last fell asleep. It seemed to Jessie that she was still saying, "Keep every evil far from me," and trying to go to sleep, when a voice said sharply "Now then, it's time to wake up!
"It would not be so bad," she moaned, "if father would Let me write to them and tell them I am well and and safe, and and not so very unhappy; and I wouldn't mind so much if I knew how they were, but granny was ill, and I know granp would feel it dreadfully losing me like that and never knowing what had become of me.
He put his little wasted arm about her neck, and drew her frightened face down to his. "Mother, when I go away you will know I am happy but Jessie has gone away from her poor old granp and granny, and they don't know they think she is very unhappy and badly treated, and and, mother, I want you to try and get father to let Jessie go back to them again, they must be so dreadfully sad about her.
"Yes," said Jessie, "granp and I used to sing them on Sunday afternoons." But when they had begun "There's a home for little children," Miss Patch was soon left to sing it through alone, for Charlie was too exhausted, and after the first line or so Mrs.
Granp smiled, in spite of his anxiety. He knew that an attack of jaundice was no trifling illness for a woman of Patience's age, and the next day he did not go to work, but waited to see the doctor himself. The news in the morning, though, was slightly better, and although Mrs.
Thomas called at the doctor's house on his way to work, and came home early to dinner to hear his report. "He says it's the yellow jaunders," said Jessie, in an awed voice, looking very grave and alarmed, "and he says I must not be frightened if granny turns orange colour. Do you think she has been eating too many oranges, granp? She had two on Sunday big ones!"
Something told her that granp would be glad to see mother whenever she came. The thought of growing flowers for her was a lovely one, too; it seemed to bring her mother nearer; and, though granny and granp were so kind, oh, she did want her so very, very much.
"I'll carry away the books, granp, and help granny to bring out the tea-things. Now don't you move, you sit there and rest, we will do it all by ourselves." So the old man, well pleased, sat on and watched his little granddaughter. There was nothing she loved better than to be busy, helping some one. Such a tea it was, too, that she helped to bring out.
I nearly broke my heart at first, but I am coming home again, and I am so happy, only I am sorry, too, to leave here, and the lady who has been so kind to me. She is old and feels very miserable at being left all alone. Good-bye, granp and granny. I shall come as soon as ever I can when I hear from you. Please write soon. Give my love to granny, I hope she'll soon get better,
"My rose is nearly out, granp," she announced proudly, as soon as she was able to lift her thoughts from the wonderful experience of having an egg and bacon for breakfast. "I saw it all showing pink. I expect by the time we've finished our breakfases it will be right wide out. You come up and see too, will you?"
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