I belong to my father . And I think he 'll be coming pretty soon some way . I 'm pretty sure the time must be ` most up . I wish he would come . I want to see him as much as can be , 'cause I know he 'll need me . And I 'll be proud of him yet , Jimmy Morris , yes , I 'll be just as proud as you are of your father . When I get bigger , nobody will call my father names , I can tell you . I 'll fight them if they do , yes , sir , I will . My father and I are going to stand by each other like bricks . Aunt Beatrice has lots of children of her own and I do n't believe she 'll be a bit sorry when I go away . She 's ashamed of my father 'cause he did a bad thing . But I 'm not , no , sir . I 'm going to love him so much that I 'll make up to him for everything else . And you can just go home , Jimmy Morris , so there ! '' Jimmy Morris went home , and when he had gone , Joey flung himself face downward in the grass and fallen apple blossoms and lay very still . On the other side of the spruce hedge knelt John Churchill with bowed head . The tears were running freely down his face , but there was a new , tender light in his eyes . The bitterness and despair had fallen out of his heart , leaving a great peace and a dawning hope in their place . Bless that loyal little soul ! There was something to live for after all -- there was a motive to make the struggle worthwhile .
He must justify his son 's faith in him ; he must strive to make himself worthy of this sweet , pure , unselfish love that was offered XXXXX him , as a divine draught is offered to the parched lips of a man perishing from thirst .
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