The brother's return, and other stories

Transcriber's note: Unusual and inconsistent spelling is as printed.
SARAH MAY'S KINDNESS REMEMBERED.
THE
AND OTHER STORIES.
A. L. O. E.,
AUTHOR OF FAIRY FRISKET, FAIRY KNOW-A-BIT, THE GIANT-KILLER, ETC. ETC.
London: T. NELSON AND SONS, PATERNOSTER ROW.
EDINBURGH; AND NEW YORK. 1886.
CONTENTS.
THE BROTHER'S RETURN
AND OTHER STORIES.
I COULD have been sure that John's house stood here, murmured Ralph Daines to himself as he looked around. I know that it stood by the turn of a road, just as one came in sight of the church, and that it had a clump of trees in front, just like these before me. Ah! Well, well, he added, it's more than twenty years since I turned away from my brother's door—turned away in anger—and twenty years will bring changes. Perhaps I've mistaken the place, after all. I stayed but a short time with John, so that I never knew his home well. In twenty years, one may forget; yes, one may forget a spot, but there are some things which never can be forgotten, however long we may live.