But
'twarn't long before folks found out 'twarn't no hardship to be fond of
Delight Hathaway. She was livin' sunshine, that's what she was!
Wherever she went, be it one end of town or t'other, she brought
happiness. In time it got so that if you was to drop in where there
was sickness or trouble an' spied a nosegay of flowers, you could be
pretty sure Delight had been there. Why, Lyman Bearse's father, old
Lyman, that's so crabbed with rhumatism that it's a cross to live under
the same roof with him, will calm down gentle as a dove when Delight
goes to read to him. As for Mis' Furber, I reckon she'd never get to
the Junction to do a mite of shoppin' or marketin' but for Delight
stayin' with the babies whilst she was gone. I couldn't tell you half
what that girl does. She's here, there, an' everywhere. Now she's
gettin' up a party for the school children; now makin' a birthday cake
for somebody; now trimmin' a bunnit for Tiny or helpin' her plan out a
dress."
Willie stopped to rummage on a distant shelf for a level.
"Once," he went on, "Sarah Libbie Lewis asked me what Delight was goin'
to be.
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