Then at last , just as we were about giving up in despair , we struck it rich . I 've brought a snug little pile home with me , and things are going to look up in this log house , Gift o ' God . There 'll be no more worrying for you dear people over mortgages . '' `` I 'm so glad -- for Auntie 's sake , '' said Theodora , with shining eyes . `` But , oh , Donald , it 's best of all just to have you back . I 'm so perfectly happy that I do n't know what to do or say . '' `` Well , I think you might have dinner , '' said Jimmy in an injured tone . `` The turkey 's getting stone cold , and I 'm most starving . I just ca n't stand it another minute . '' So , with a laugh , they all sat down to the table and ate the merriest Christmas dinner the little log house had ever known . How We Went to the Wedding `` If it were to clear up I would n't know how to behave , it would seem so unnatural , '' said Kate . `` Do you , by any chance , remember what the sun looks like , Phil ? '' `` Does the sun ever shine in Saskatchewan anyhow ? '' I asked with assumed sarcasm , just to make Kate 's big , bonny black eyes flash . They did flash ; but Kate laughed immediately after , as she sat down on a chair in front of me and cradled her long , thin , spirited dark face in her palms . `` We have more sunny weather in Saskatchewan than in all the rest of Canada put together , in an average year , '' she said , clicking her strong , white teeth and snapping her eyes at me . `` But I ca n't blame you for feeling sceptical about it , Phil . If I went to a new country and it rained every day -- all day -- all night -- after I got there for three whole weeks I 'd think things not lawful to be uttered about the climate too . So , little cousin , I forgive you . Remember that ` into each life some rain must fall , some days must be dark and dreary . '
Oh , if you 'd only come XXXXX visit me last fall .
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