Theodora felt herself growing dizzy . `` Donald ! '' she gasped . `` Oh , Donald ! '' And then she was in the big fellow 's arms , laughing and crying at the same time . Donald it was indeed . And then followed half an hour during which everybody talked at once , and the turkey would have been burned to a crisp had it not been for the presence of mind of Mr. Lurgan who , being the least excited of them all , took it out of the oven , and set it on the back of the stove . `` To think that it was you last night , and that I never dreamed it , '' exclaimed Theodora . `` Oh , Donald , if I had n't gone to town ! '' `` I 'd have frozen to death , I 'm afraid , '' said Donald soberly . `` I got into Spencer on the last train last night . I felt that I must come right out -- I could n't wait till morning . But there was n't a team to be got for love or money -- it was Christmas Eve and all the livery rigs were out . So I came on horseback . Just by that bluff something frightened my horse , and he shied violently . I was half asleep and thinking of my little sister , and I went off like a shot . I suppose I struck my head against a tree . Anyway , I knew nothing more until I came to in Mr. Lurgan 's kitchen . I was n't much hurt -- feel none the worse of it except for a sore head and shoulder . But , oh , Gift o ' God , how you have grown !
I ca n't realize XXXXX you are the little sister I left four years ago .
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