Sister Sue

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III COUSIN ABBY Sister Sue was still on the heights of self-surrender and exalted sacrifice the next morning. It was still all for love and the world well lost, with her. But she decided not to tell her family of the change in her plans until Cousin Abby's letter should have arrived, settling beyond doubt whether or not Cousin Abby herself was coming. She had not long to wait. Cousin Abby's reply came promptly, almost by return mail. Cousin Abby would be delighted to come. She was not only glad to be of service to them, but she was pleased, she was sure, that dear Susanna was going to improve her wonderful talent and make a great name for herself. She could come now, any time; just as soon as they wanted her. And she signed herself devotedly theirs, Cousin Abby Herford. Sister Sue winced a little and bit her lip over the wonderful talent and the great name. But instantly she scornfully asked herself what was a wonderful talent or a great name compared to love ? real love? True, at the same time she put both her hands to her ears as if to shut out an insistent something that was clamoring to be heard. And she hurried very fast to tell her family that she had given up her career, and that she and Martin Kent were going to be married in July. Sister Sue did not wait to tell her family all at once to-day. She took them as she found them, one or two at a time; and she gave her information hurriedly, almost feverishly, with little catches of her breath in her throat. Their manner of receiving it was characteristic in each case. Her sister May clasped her hands to her breast and drew an ecstatic sigh with her gaze 'on the ceiling as she cried: Oh, Sister Sue, how perfectly lovely! And you 'll have a church wedding, of course, and I 'll be maid of honor! ...