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Updated: June 19, 2025
Paul had brought a basket of fresh grass, and some bits of tender bark and roots on which the little creatures were nibbling. "I do wish they were not exactly alike," said Anna. But Luretta declared that she thought it was much better that way.
"I was just coming to your house to thank you for Trit. Oh, Anna! You are the bravest girl in the settlement. Paul says you are. And to think you caught the rabbit for me." Luretta, quite out of breath, with her arm across Anna's shoulders, looked admiringly at her friend. "It's only fair," Anna replied, "because I lost yours." And then Anna had to tell again the story of her capture of Trit.
Even Parson Lyon and his wife were waiting at the church door to speak to the two little heroines; and Melvina and Luretta felt as if they shared in their friends' honors as they walked up the aisle of the church beside them.
Melvina and Anna and Luretta were together, and the other children of the neighborhood were scattered about. "Where is Rebby, Mother?" Anna asked, looking about for her sister. "To be sure! She started off with Lucia Horton, but I do not see them," responded Mrs. Weston, smiling happily to think that her own little Danna would no longer be absent from home.
Foster's friendly inquiries in regard to her mother, Anna and Luretta were quite at their ease; and Luretta said to herself that she did not wonder Anna wanted to be like Melvina. Luretta even began to wonder if it would not be well for her to learn to speak as softly as did Melvina Lyon; it certainly had a pleasant sound, she thought admiringly. "I must return home," said Mrs.
Foster tied on the big sunbonnet which Luretta always wore out-of-doors, and the two friends started off. "Will it not be fine if the Polly reaches harbor to-day?" said Anna. "My father says she will bring sugar and molasses and spices, and it may be the Unity will come sailing in beside her loaded with things from far lands.
Anna made no response to this; but she was surprised that Luretta should not think as she did about the value of her gifts, and rather vexed that Melvina Lyon should be praised by her own particular friend. The girls had passed the sawmill and lumber yard, and now turned from the well-traveled path to climb a hill where they could catch the first glimpse of any sail entering the harbor.
Anna danced along the path in her old fashion, quite forgetting Melvina's measured steps. Everything was all right now. She and Luretta were friends; Mrs. Foster had pardoned her; and the liberty pole was found. So she was smiling and happy as she pushed open the door and entered the pleasant kitchen, expecting to see her mother and Rebby; but no one was there. The room looked deserted.
"I know about liberty poles," declared Melvina eagerly, "and my father is well pleased that the town is to set one up. But, oh, Anna! surely it is time that I went on to my visit with Lucia Horton!" and Melvina's face grew troubled. "Do you think Luretta Foster will have my clothes in good order?" At Melvina's words Anna sprang to her feet.
Anna now wore her every-day dress of gingham, and in her eagerness to see the rabbits she had quite forgotten to try and behave like Melvina Lyon. "Why, it is a pity to separate the little creatures," Paul declared, when Luretta told him that she had promised one to Anna. "See how close they keep together. And this box is big enough for them both.
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