`` Saturday night . He was there when ma and I got home . It give her an awful turn . I did n't know him at first , of course . '' `` Peter Craig , I believe you are glad your father has come back , '' cried the Story Girl . '' ` Course I 'm glad , '' retorted Peter . `` And after you saying you did n't want ever to see him again , '' said Felicity . `` You just wait . You have n't heard my story yet . I would n't have been glad to see father if he 'd come back the same as he went away . But he is a changed man . He happened to go into a revival meeting one night this spring and he got converted . And he 's come home to stay , and he says he 's never going to drink another drop , but he 's going to look after his family . Ma is n't to do any more washing for nobody but him and me , and I 'm not to be a hired boy any longer . He says I can stay with your Uncle Roger till the fall 'cause I promised I would , but after that I 'm to stay home and go to school right along and learn to be whatever I 'd like to be . I tell you it made me feel queer . Everything seemed to be upset . But he gave ma forty dollars -- every cent he had -- so I guess he really is converted . '' `` I hope it will last , I 'm sure , '' said Felicity . She did not say it nastily , however .
We were all glad for Peter 's sake , though a little dizzy over the unexpectedness XXXXX it all .
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