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Updated: June 7, 2025
Lanse turned to Doctor Churchill, who stood upon the porch beside him, hat and case in hand. "I'm mighty thankful you were so near," he said. "Doctor Forester hasn't given you much choice," said the other man, smiling. "I did my best to give you the chance of having some one of the physicians you know here in town take charge of the case, but he insisted on my keeping it.
Now that she had the baby at home she was beginning to wonder what Lanse and Celia would say. "Never mind. I'll stand by you. You're all right, whatever you do if I did think you were rather off your head at first," promised Jeff, sturdily. He was never known to fail Charlotte in an emergency.
"Well, we're in a sweet scrape now, that's certain," he said gloomily to himself, as he marched up-stairs. At the top he encountered his young brother Justin. That twelve-year-old stood awaiting him, his face so disconsolate that in spite of himself Lanse smiled. "Cheer up, youngster," he said. "It's pretty tough, but as Doctor Forester says, it might be worse.
I'm so glad! Thank you. Yes Good night!" Charlotte hung up the receiver and swung round from the desk, her face radiant, her eyes like stars. "Is she, indeed?" interrogated Lanse, lifting brotherly, penetrating eyes to her face. "Engagement just announced? When is she to be married? I'm glad you're glad you might so easily have been jealous."
Lanse, his eyes mischievous, passed a whispered word among the musicians, and presently, at the signal, the well-known notes of "Hail to the Chief" were sounding through the woods, played with great spirit and zest. And as they played, the five Birches marched to position in front of the captain, then stood still and saluted. "Off with you, you strolling players!" cried the captain.
He adores you you can make the year do much for him if you take thought. And with my little Charlotte be very patient, Lanse. She will miss us most and show it least." "I doubt that," thought Lanse, but aloud he said, "We'll all hang together, mother, you may count on that.
"Write your brother Lansing to tell Jeff to put it off on his account," suggested Evelyn. "That won't do, unfortunately, for Lanse has been uncertain about going all the time." "I'll try to think of something," promised Evelyn. She had a chance before the day was over. Jeff appeared, late in the afternoon, and invited her to take a walk with him.
Could he mean to single her out as the special object of his regard her, Charlotte when people like Lanse and Celia were within reach? Charlotte rose to her feet, the doctor rising with her. She held out her hand, and he could see that she was looking steadily up at him. He gazed back at her, and a bright smile broke over his face. "Do you mean it?" he said, eagerly. "Oh, thank you!"
Want to go in with me and see sister a minute?" But Justin got hold of his arm and held him back. "Lanse, I've got to tell you something," he begged. "Please come here, in your room a minute." Lanse followed, wondering. Justin, although a healthy and happy boy enough, was apt to take things seriously, and sometimes needed to be joked out of singular notions.
Doctor Forester, in his white clothes lay stretched on a rustic seat, and professed himself to be having "the time of his life." "I don't think the rest of us are far behind you," declared Lanse. "If you people had been digging away at law in a hot old office you'd think this was Paradise."
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