home-that-was-to-be

Updated: June 25, 2025

There seemed small doubt that there could be few happier, just then, as standing at the top of his own staircase and gazing down into the wide and empty hall toward the open door which led out upon the white-pillared portico of his home-that-was-to-be, Richard Kendrick flung up one arm, lifting an imaginary cup high in the air, and calling joyously: "Here's hoping!"

Grace S. (Grace Smith) Richmond - The Twenty-Fourth of June