of Thomas, the Downtrodden!
But Amelia's plans proved the most interesting.
"I'm going to write," she announced, placidly. "I wrote a poem for
Judy's birthday."
"Read it," they demanded, and Amelia, feeling very important, delivered
the following:
"Oh, candy, oh, sugar, oh, cake, and oh, pie,
Are not half so sweet as dear J-U-D-Y."
It brought down the house, and Amelia was overcome by the honors heaped
upon her.
"It isn't very good poetry," she confessed modestly, "but it means a
lot."
And then the Captain made a little speech, in which he thanked Judy's
friends for the happy summer she had spent among them. And then
Launcelot made a speech and thanked Judy for the good times she had
given them. And while Launcelot's speech wasn't as polished as the
Captain's, it was so earnestly spoken that Judy was proud of her boy
friend.
And after that they filed out to the old garden, the Judge and Mrs.
Batcheller, and the Captain and Judy, Launcelot with his fair little
friend Anne, and behind them the smaller fry, and Perkins--the
wonderful Perkins at the end, with the coffee.
And there we will leave them, there in the old garden, where Judy had
found hope and happiness, and where the little fountain sang
ceaselessly to the nodding roses, of life and love, and of the things
that had been and of the things that were to be.
THE END.
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