But the thought of the children 's disappointment tomorrow is more than I can bear . It would have been better to have told them long ago , but I kept building on getting more for the colt . Well , it 's weak and foolish to give way like this . We 'd better both take a cup of tea and go to bed . It will save fuel . '' When Theodora went up to her little room her face was very thoughtful . She took a small box from her table and carried it to the window . In it was a very pretty little gold locket hung on a narrow blue ribbon . Theodora held it tenderly in her fingers , and looked out over the moonlit prairie with a very sober face . Could she give up her dear locket -- the locket Donald had given her just before he started for the Klondike ? She had never thought she could do such a thing . It was almost the only thing she had to remind her of Donald -- handsome , merry , impulsive , warmhearted Donald , who had gone away four years ago with a smile on his bonny face and splendid hope in his heart . `` Here 's a locket for you , Gift o ' God , '' he had said gaily -- he had such a dear loving habit of calling her by the beautiful meaning of her name . A lump came into Theodora 's throat as she remembered it . `` I could n't afford a chain too , but when I come back I 'll bring you a rope of Klondike nuggets for it . '' Then he had gone away . For two years letters had come from him regularly . Then he wrote that he had joined a prospecting party to a remote wilderness . After that was silence , deepening into anguish of suspense that finally ended in hopelessness . A rumour came that Donald Prentice was dead .
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