Kind-Hearted Woman by Spaeth Janet

Author:Spaeth, Janet
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Barbour Publishing, Inc.
Published: 2013-09-26T04:00:00+00:00

eight

The last days of summer are filled with promises—promises given and promises kept. These days are precious, the final hurrah of the sun’s bright fire. He takes me in his arms, and he vows the great promises of summer. We speak of stories that will keep us warm through winter’s cold blast, of kisses that can catch snowflakes, of love that knows no end. He promises he will stay. . .

Bliss. That was what this was all about, Lolly thought. Just bliss. The chickens clucked happily as Colin spread corn for them. He’d learned quite a bit since his arrival there. She smiled as she remembered the first time he’d fed the chickens. He’d dropped the feed in a circle around him and found himself surrounded by a tight ring of hungry poultry that would not move for anything.

He’d had to stand there, motionless, until they’d finished their meal.

But now he knew how to do it so he wasn’t hemmed in. Maybe he could be both a businessman and a farmer.

She scolded herself at the thought. One kiss, and you’ve got yourself married off. Hold on, Lolly! He isn’t your mail-order groom!

Still, it was nice to dream. Now that the joy of the note-book was taken away—she didn’t even know where it had gone—she’d had to keep her story going in her head. It had taken a very interesting turn recently, too, she thought.

She smiled at the dish towel with the happy teakettle embroidered on it. She smiled at the hairbrush. She smiled at the petunias, now perky after the rain.

She smiled through church, even beaming at Hildegard Hopper and Amelia Kramer, who looked at her with ill-disguised interest. Reverend Wellman’s sermon, about the meaning of grace, seemed absolutely on track, and Lolly’s heart swelled with love for all her fellow human beings. The hymns were all familiar ones, and she sang with enthusiasm.

After the service had ended, Hildegard and Amelia made a beeline for her, exclaiming over the rain and how it must have truly benefited Lolly’s petunias.

“So,” Hildegard said, the magenta flower on her hat quivering as she took one of Lolly’s elbows and Amelia, in her usual navy blue dress, took the other, “are we having a nice dinner today?”

“We?” Lolly didn’t remember inviting them, but she felt so good that she was ready to serve soup and sandwiches to the entire world. “Of course, you’re invi—”

George swooped in, leaving Ruth standing in front of the church with an amused expression on her face, and rescued Lolly from the two women. “Dear sister, I’m so sorry to interrupt this conversation, but we really must go. Bud needs to get home. The chickens, you know.”

The two women recoiled in horror at the mention of the chickens. Bud shook his head and pointed out loudly that Colin had already fed them, but George was insistent and hustled them all into the truck. Bruno, who’d been sleeping under the truck, jumped in the back.

“Why did you do that?” she asked,

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