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You needn't toss that young head of yours。  It's a fact。;









Chapter XXIV



Enter Jonas





                                     ;PROSPECT POINT��

                                          ;August 20th。



;Dear Anne  spelled  with  an  E�察─�wrote Phil�察 �I must

prop my eyelids open long enough to write you。  I've neglected

you shamefully this summer�察�honey�察�but all my other correspondents

have been neglected�察�too。  I have a huge pile of letters to answer��

so I must gird up the loins of my mind and hoe in。  Excuse my

mixed metaphors。  I'm fearfully sleepy。  Last night Cousin Emily

and I were calling at a neighbor's。  There were several other

callers there�察�and as soon as those unfortunate creatures left��

our hostess and her three daughters picked them all to pieces。

I knew they would begin on Cousin Emily and me as soon as the door

shut behind us。  When we came home Mrs。 Lilly informed us that the

aforesaid neighbor's hired boy was supposed to be down with scarlet

fever。  You can always trust Mrs。 Lilly to tell you cheerful things

like that。  I have a horror of scarlet fever。  I couldn't sleep when

I went to bed for thinking of it。  I tossed and tumbled about��

dreaming fearful dreams when I did snooze for a minute�察�and at

three I wakened up with a high fever�察�a sore throat�察�and a

raging headache。  I knew I had scarlet fever�察�I got up in a

panic and hunted up Cousin Emily's 'doctor book' to read up

the symptoms。  Anne�察�I had them all。  So I went back to bed��

and knowing the worst�察�slept like a top the rest of the night。

Though why a top should sleep sounder than anything else I

never could understand。  But this morning I was quite well��

so it couldn't have been the fever。  I suppose if I did catch

it last night it couldn't have developed so soon。  I can remember

that in daytime�察�but at three o'clock at night I never can be logical。



;I suppose you wonder what I'm doing at Prospect Point。  Well�察�I

always like to spend a month of summer at the shore�察�and father

insists that I come to his second´cousin Emily's `select

boardinghouse' at Prospect Point。  So a fortnight ago I came as

usual。  And as usual old `Uncle Mark Miller' brought me from the

station with his ancient buggy and what he calls his `generous

purpose' horse。  He is a nice old man and gave me a handful of

pink peppermints。  Peppermints always seem to me such a religious

sort of candy  I suppose because when I was a little girl

Grandmother Gordon always gave them to me in church。  Once I

asked�察�referring to the smell of peppermints�察 �Is that the odor

of sanctity��' I didn't like to eat Uncle Mark's peppermints

because he just fished them loose out of his pocket�察�and had to

pick some rusty nails and other things from among them before he

gave them to me。  But I wouldn't hurt his dear old feelings for

anything�察�so I carefully sowed them along the road at intervals。

When the last one was gone�察�Uncle Mark said�察�a little rebukingly��

`Ye shouldn't a'et all them candies to onct�察�Miss Phil。  You'll

likely have the stummick´ache。'



;Cousin Emily has only five boarders besides myself  four old

ladies and one young man。  My right´hand neighbor is Mrs。 Lilly。

She is one of those people who seem to take a gruesome pleasure

in detailing all their many aches and pains and sicknesses。

You cannot mention any ailment but she says�察�shaking her head�察 �Ah��

I know too well what that is'  and then you get all the details。

Jonas declares he once spoke of locomotor ataxia in hearing and

she said she knew too well what that was。  She suffered from it

for ten years and was finally cured by a traveling doctor。



;Who is Jonas�拭 �Just wait�察�Anne Shirley。  You'll hear all about

Jonas in the proper time and place。  He is not to be mixed up

with estimable old ladies。



;My left´hand neighbor at the table is Mrs。 Phinney。  She always

speaks with a wailing�察�dolorous voice  you are nervously expecting

her to burst into tears every moment。  She gives you the impression

that life to her is indeed a vale of tears�察�and that a smile�察�never

to speak of a laugh�察�is a frivolity truly reprehensible。  She has a

worse opinion of me than Aunt Jamesina�察�and she doesn't love me hard

to atone for it�察�as Aunty J。 does�察�either。



;Miss Maria Grimsby sits cati´corner from me。  The first day I

came I remarked to Miss Maria that it looked a little like rain

 and Miss Maria laughed。  I said the road from the station was

very pretty  and Miss Maria laughed。  I said there seemed to be

a few mosquitoes left yet  and Miss Maria laughed。  I said that

Prospect Point was as beautiful as ever  and Miss Maria laughed。

If I were to say to Miss Maria�察 �My father has hanged himself��

my mother has taken poison�察�my brother is in the penitentiary��

and I am in the last stages of consumption��' Miss Maria would laugh。

She can't help it  she was born so�察�but is very sad and awful。



;The fifth old lady is Mrs。 Grant。  She is a sweet old thing��

but she never says anything but good of anybody and so she is a

very uninteresting conversationalist。



;And now for Jonas�察�Anne。



;That first day I came I saw a young man sitting opposite me at

the table�察�smiling at me as if he had known me from my cradle。

I knew�察�for Uncle Mark had told me�察�that his name was Jonas Blake��

that he was a Theological Student from St。 Columbia�察�and that he had

taken charge of the Point Prospect Mission Church for the summer。



;He is a very ugly young man  really�察�the ugliest young man

I've ever seen。  He has a big�察�loose´jointed figure with absurdly

long legs。  His hair is tow´color and lank�察�his eyes are green��

and his mouth is big�察�and his ears  but I never think about his

ears if I can help it。



;He has a lovely voice  if you shut your eyes he is adorable 

and he certainly has a beautiful soul and disposition。



;We were good chums right way。  Of course he is a graduate of

Redmond�察�and that is a link between us。  We fished and boated

together�察�and we walked on the sands by moonlight。  He didn't

look so homely by moonlight and oh�察�he was nice。  Niceness fairly

exhaled from him。  The old ladies  except Mrs。 Grant  don't

approve of Jonas�察�because he laughs and jokes  and because he

evidently likes the society of frivolous me better than theirs。



;Somehow�察�Anne�察�I don't want him to think me frivolous。  This is

ridiculous。  Why should I care what a tow´haired person called

Jonas�察�whom I never saw before thinks of me��



;Last Sunday Jonas preached in the village church。  I went��

of course�察�but I couldn't realize that Jonas was going to preach。

The fact that he was a minister  or going to be one  persisted

in seeming a huge joke to me。



;Well�察�Jonas preached。  And�察�by the time he had preached ten

minutes�察�I felt so small and insignificant that I thought I must

be invisible to the naked eye。  Jonas never said a word about

women and he never looked at me。  But I realized then and there

what a pitiful�察�frivilous�察�small´souled little butterfly I was��

and how horribly different I must be from Jonas' ideal woman。

SHE would be grand and strong and noble。  He was so earnest

and tender and true。  He was everything a minister ought to be。

I wondered how I could ever have thought him ugly  but he

really is�   �with those inspired eyes and that intellectual

brow which the roughly´falling hair hid on week days。



;It was a splendid sermon and I could have listened to it forever��

and it made me feel utterly wretched。  Oh�察�I wish I was like YOU�察�Anne。



;He caught up with me on the road home�察�and grinned as cheerfully

as usual。  But his grin could never deceive me again。  I had seen

the REAL Jonas。  I wondered if he could ever see the REAL PHIL 

whom NOBODY�察�not even you�察�Anne�察�has ever seen yet。



;`Jonas��' I said  I forgot to call him Mr。 Blake。  Wasn't it dreadful��

But there are times when things like that don't matter  `Jonas�察�you

were born to be a minister。  You COULDN'T be anything else。'



;`No�察�I couldn't��' he said soberly。  `I tried to be something

else for a long time  I didn't want to be a minister。  But I

came to see at last that it was the work given me to do  and

God helping me�察�I shall try to do it。'



;His voice was low and reverent。  I thought that he would do his

work and do it well and nobly�察�and happy the woman fitted by

nature and training to help him do it。  SHE would be no feather��

blown about by every fickle wind of fancy。  SHE would always know

what hat to put on。  Probably she would have only one。  Ministers

never have much money。  But she wouldn't mind having one hat or

none at all�察�because she would have Jonas。



;Anne Shirley�察�don't you dare to say or hint or think that I've

fallen in love with Mr。 Blake。  Could I care for a lank�察�poor��

ugly theologue  named Jonas�拭 �As Uncle Mark says�察 �It's impossible��

and what's more it's improbable。'



                                            Good night��

                                                   PHIL。;



;P。S。  It is impossible  but I am horribly afraid it's true。

I'm happy and wretched and scared。  HE can NEVER care for me��

I know。  Do you think I could ever develop into a passable

minister's wife�察�Anne�拭 �And WOULD they expect me to lead

in prayer�拭 �P G。;









Chapter XXV



Enter Prince Charming





;I'm contrasting the claims of indoors and out�察─�said Anne�察�looking

from the window of Patty's Place to the distant pines of the park。



;I've an afternoon to spend in sweet doing nothing�察�Aunt Jimsie。

Shall I spend it here where there is a cosy fire�察�a plateful of

delicious russets�察�three purring and harmonious cats�察�and two

impeccable china dogs with green noses�拭 �Or shall I go to the park��

where there is the lure of gray woods and of gray water lapping

on the harbor rocks�拭�



;If I was as young as you�察�I'd decide in favor of the park�察─�said

Aunt Jamesina�察�tickling Jose

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