The fierce wind that had swept over land and sea seemed to have blown away all the hazy vapours and oppressive heats in the air , and the morning dawned as clear and fresh as if the sad old earth with all her passionate tears had cleansed herself from sin and stain and come forth radiantly pure and sweet . Ethel bubbled over with joyousness . Agnes wondered at the change in her . `` Good-bye , Miss Lennox , '' she said wistfully . `` You 'll come back to see us some time again , wo n't you ? '' `` Perhaps , '' smiled Ethel , `` and if not , Agnes , you must come and see me . Some day I may tell you a secret . '' About a week later Young Si suddenly vanished , and his disappearance was a nine-day 's talk along shore . His departure was as mysterious as his advent . It leaked out that he had quietly disposed of his boat and shanty to Snuffy Curtis , sent his mackerel off and , that done , slipped from the Pointers ' lives , never more to re-enter them . Little Ev was the last of the Pointers to see him tramping along the road to the station in the dusk of the autumn twilight . And the next morning Agnes Bentley , going out of doors before the others , found on the doorstep a basket containing a small , vociferous black kitten with a card attached to its neck . A Fortunate Mistake `` Oh , dear ! oh , dear ! '' fretted Nan Wallace , twisting herself about uneasily on the sofa in her pretty room . `` I never thought before that the days could be so long as they are now . '' `` Poor you ! '' said her sister Maude sympathetically . Maude was moving briskly about the room , putting it into the beautiful order that Mother insisted on . It was Nan 's week to care for their room , but Nan had sprained her ankle three days ago and could do nothing but lie on the sofa ever since .
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