Helen Persons
ASIN: B06XSBPFCC
Publisher: Amazon Digital Services LLC
Pages: 248
“Will you go, Patricia?” called Mrs. Randall from the living room, one cool evening late in August, as the doorbell rang imperatively. “I’m starting a fire in the grate.”From the dining room across the hall, where she had been putting away the last of the supper dishes, hurried a tall slender girl, whose short wavy yellow hair and big brown eyes were set off to perfection by a green jersey dress. Expecting to see one of the neighbors when the door was opened, she was startled into an involuntary gasp as a messenger thrust forward a special delivery letter, inquiring curtly—“Miss Patricia Randall?”“Y—es.”“Sign here.”Patricia signed his book, closed the door, and walked slowly into the living room staring down at the unexpected missive in her hand.