The Keiths were scarcely more than well settled in their new home when Miss Stanhope announced her intention of returning to Ohio almost immediately.
This news was received by the family with something akin to consternation. "How could they do without her?" they asked; "didn't everybody need her every day of their lives, from father and mother down to Annis?"
"Ah," she answered smiling, though her eyes were dim with unshed tears, "you'll have each other and will soon find that you can get on very well indeed without your blundering old auntie. But the question is how shall she do without you? The old Lansdale home will be very lonely with no little feet pit-patting about it."
"Then what makes you go, Aunt Wealthy?" chorused the children, clinging to her with many a loving caress.
"I must, my darlings; there's business I have to attend to; and I feel that the ague is breaking me down."
"I fear that is too true," Mrs. Keith said, with a strong effort to speak cheerfully, "and therefore I will not entreat you to stay, dear auntie; but rather urge your departure before the sickly season sets in... #story #kidsstory ✝️❣️?️ AcreSoft Story Classic acresoft.com cointr.ee/acresoft