Eleanor put her arm around her.
“You have an Uncle John, and he will be just like a papa, I know.”
Cassy agreed that it was indeed something to be thankful for, and then Rock called them to say that Spice was getting impatient, and when were they coming.
So off they set, the little pony’s short quick steps taking them along at a good rate. The sparkling November air made them all as lively as possible; Cassy alone was almost too happy for words, but the others chattered without stopping, and at last, on their return to town, they stopped at May Garland’s gate and the drive was over. The girls went in and the two boys drove around to put Spice in the stable.
May Garland with her dog, her cats, her chickens, and last, but not least, her sweet baby sister, Rosalie, was a very desirable acquaintance, Cassy thought, and when Bubbles came flying in with the message that they must come back at once as it was nearly train time, Cassy thought she had never known so short an afternoon.
As May Garland lived in the next house to the Dallas’s they had not far to go, and arrived to find Mrs. Law ready to start for the train.
“I hate to have you go,” said Eleanor at parting, “but I am going to think you are coming back again soon; and oh, I do hope you will go to our school, you nice, funny girl, and I am so very, very glad that everybody is happy and that everything is happening so beautifully for you.”
UNCLE JOHN ARRIVES
CHAPTER XII
UNCLE JOHN ARRIVES
The next great thing to look for was the return of Uncle John. He was not one to waste his time, and he had been able to arrange his affairs more quickly than Mrs. Law had dared to hope, for he wrote that they might look for him the latter part of November, and Mrs. Law busied herself in making her preparations to leave the Dallas place.