CHAPTER V
A NEW HOME
Great was the rejoicing and celebration when Mr. and Mrs. Fairfield returned from their wedding trip. They came to the apartment to remain there for a few days before moving to the new house.
Patty welcomed Nan with open arms, and it was harder than ever for her to attend to her studies when there was so much going on in the family.
The furnishing of the new house was almost completed, but there remained several finishing touches to be attended to. As Patty’s time was so much occupied, she was not allowed to have any hand in this work. Mrs. Allen had come on from Philadelphia to help her daughter, and Grandma Elliott assisted in dismantling the apartment, preparatory to giving it up.
So when Patty started to school one Friday morning, and was told that when the session was over she was to go to her new home to stay, she felt as if she were going to an unexplored country.
It was with joyful anticipations that she put on her hat and coat, after school, and started home.
Her father had given her a latch-key, and as she stepped in at the front door, Nan, in a pretty house dress, stood ready to welcome her.
“My dear child,” she said, “welcome home. How do you like the prospect?”