So he let it pass , never dreaming how he was diddled . Well , I am going to leave the war to Haig for the rest of the day and make a frosting for my chocolate cake . And when it is made I shall put it on the top shelf . The last one I made I left it on the lower shelf and little Kitchener sneaked in and clawed all the icing off and ate it . We had company for tea that night and when I went to get my cake what a sight did I behold ! '' `` Has that pore orphan 's father never been heerd from yet ? '' asked Cousin Sophia . `` Yes , I had a letter from him in July , '' said Rilla . `` He said that when he got word of his wife 's death and of my taking the baby -- Mr. Meredith wrote him , you know -- he wrote right away , but as he never got any answer he had begun to think his letter must have been lost . '' `` It took him two years to begin to think it , '' said Susan scornfully . `` Some people think very slow . Jim Anderson has not got a scratch , for all he has been two years in the trenches . A fool for luck , as the old proverb says . '' `` He wrote very nicely about Jims and said he 'd like to see him , '' said Rilla . `` So I wrote and told him all about the wee man , and sent him snapshots . Jims will be two years old next week and he is a perfect duck . '' `` You did n't used to be very fond of babies , '' said Cousin Sophia . `` I 'm not a bit fonder of babies in the abstract than ever I was , '' said Rilla , frankly . `` But I do love Jims , and I 'm afraid I was n't really half as glad as I should have been when Jim Anderson 's letter proved that he was safe and sound . '' `` You was n't hoping the man would be killed ! ''
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