Patty's Success
By Carolyn Wells
1 Jul, 2020
Brief Extract: It surely was, and though the last quarter-hour of waiting seemed longer than all the rest, at last, the big ship was in front of them, and swinging around in midstream. They could see the Fairfields clearly now, but not being within h
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Brief Extract: It surely was, and though the last quarter-hour of waiting seemed longer than all the rest, at last, the big ship was in front of them, and swinging around in midstream. They could see the Fairfields clearly now, but not being within hearing distance, they could only express their welcome by frantic wavings of hands, handkerchiefs, and flags. But at last the gangplank was put in place, and at last, the Fairfields crossed it, and then an enthusiastic and somewhat incoherent scene of reunion followed.
Besides Mr. and Mrs. Allen and Kenneth Harper, Roger and Elise Farrington were there to meet the home-comers, and the young people seized on Patty as if they would never let her go again. Less