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+The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Quest of Happy Hearts, by Kathleen Hay
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+Title: The Quest of Happy Hearts
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+Author: Kathleen Hay
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+Posting Date: August 16, 2012 [EBook #9466]
+Release Date: December, 2005
+First Posted: October 3, 2003
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+Language: English
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+*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE QUEST OF HAPPY HEARTS ***
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+Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Mary Meehan, and Project
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+THE QUEST OF HAPPY HEARTS
+
+BY
+
+KATHLEEN HAY
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+
+CONTENTS
+
+
+CHAPTER
+
+    I. Plans
+
+   II. On the Way
+
+  III. A Glimpse of the Tower Room
+
+   IV. Plans for the Party
+
+    V. Exploring the Forest
+
+   VI. Marty and Jerry
+
+  VII. Talking over the Day
+
+ VIII. The Story of the Tower Room
+
+   IX. Adding to the Quest
+
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+
+CHAPTER I
+
+PLANS
+
+
+"Whoever heard of such a plan--a visit to Land's End! The very name of
+the place suggests the last spot on the globe; a great old house set down
+on the edge of a forest; and Dad called off on business for an indefinite
+period, but seemingly content to ship us on a wild goose chase. He's
+scarcely told us a word before of the place or of great-aunt Janice
+Meredith!"
+
+Nora's tones were dismal indeed, as she rushed into the living room to
+join the other girls to discuss their journey.
+
+She found the group the reverse of cheerful, at the prospect of this
+sudden change of plans, by the invitation to go to Land's End for a
+visit. "I have spent many happy days there with Aunt Janice and others,"
+Mr. Meredith had told them on leaving, "but since your uncle Harry's
+death, have been there seldom--some day--" just at that point he paused
+with a sigh, and changed from what he had started to say--"Be dutiful and
+very loving to Aunt Janice; now there's only time for good-bye."
+
+That was all they knew, entirely too little to satisfy the young
+Meredith family!
+
+"A visit to Land's End, what a prospect," Janey joined in sympathy with
+Nora; the two were near together in age, while Beth and Alice were
+younger. They sat listening to the complaints of the older girls, not yet
+having had a chance to express their views.
+
+"Great-aunt Janice may be a lovely old lady," Beth seeing a chance broke
+in, by way of consolation; she threw down her story book to join in the
+discussion and plans that were inevitable.
+
+The two brothers Don and Harry had gone to the station to see their
+father off and so the girls did not know their views as to what was
+to happen.
+
+"How can we tell what Land's End is like, it may be a--a--castle!"
+
+"Don't be silly, Beth--you must be reading a fairy tale!" Nora's tone was
+scornful, but in a moment she was sorry.
+
+Alice, the youngest of the Meredith's clapped her hands happily, however,
+at Beth's suggestion.
+
+"It _may be_ a real--palace, Beth--wouldn't that be delightful?"
+
+"Well, call it a castle of dreams, if you like," Nora began to smile,
+"it's no use crying over what can't be helped, because that wouldn't
+change the situation; if we _must_, that's settled. Dad has made the
+arrangements for us, by accepting the invitation, and there's nothing
+left to do but make the best of it after all!"
+
+Janey's face, as well as Beth's and Alice's began to brighten at Nora's
+changed attitude.
+
+"Land's End may be far happier to visit than we can dream of," Janey
+joined in quietly, "and now we had best get right to packing, for there
+isn't much time to lose."
+
+"Could we do a little shopping?" Beth asked, "there may not be any
+stores near."
+
+"We can't carry too much though," Nora said, by way of precaution,
+"however we must all remember to take Aunt Janice something; it's good of
+her to take us all in for an indefinite visit."
+
+"Only six additions of the Meredith family." At that they all began to
+laugh merrily, and good humor was restored.
+
+"Would you believe it, I've just begun to think of Aunt Janice's side;
+she doesn't know us at all, yet has invited us on a long visit. I just
+believe she must be a sweet, brave old lady!"
+
+Janey looked up quickly from preparations--"I'm sure Aunt Janice is a
+dear," she said pleasantly, "and I for one am going prepared to have
+a good time, and to try and cheer her up. Dad said we must be dutiful
+and loving."
+
+"What's _dutiful_?" asked Alice.
+
+Nora laughed. "There now, Janey--explain yourself."
+
+"Well, Alice, I think it will mean for us to be obedient, and respectful
+in trying to do everything to please Aunt Janice. I guess that is what
+Dad meant."
+
+Beth and Alice looked much happier; the visit to Land's End was growing
+more and more interesting, since Nora and Janey were beginning to be
+ashamed of their first attitude and trying to make amends.
+
+"There's a song that goes like this," said Janey:
+
+"'I would be true, for there are those who trust me,
+I would be pure, for there are those who care,
+I would be strong, for there is much to suffer,
+I would be brave, for there is much to dare'..."
+
+"I love to sing those words, don't you, Nora? There always seems a lot of
+things to _do_ in it, that are worthwhile."
+
+"There are a lot of worthwhile things to follow out in the song," Nora
+replied, "suppose we all sing it together, before we start to get ready
+for our journey?"
+
+They all crossed quickly over to the open piano in one corner of
+the room. Nora had taken music and so was the pianist of the
+family. She struck the opening chords, and then they all joined in
+singing it through.
+
+"'_I would look up--and laugh--and love--and lift_--" the music died
+away, while the girls remained in thought for a few moments. It was Nora
+who broke the pause, glancing around on the group who had always looked
+up to her.
+
+"I think the words are beautiful," she commented softly--"I somehow feel
+braver, when I sing them thoughtfully--'_I would look up_--_and
+laugh_--_and love_--_and_--_lift_!'"
+
+"I think I'll take that as my motto to try and follow."
+
+"I would like to also," Janey, too, was thinking hard.
+
+Then they broke up, happier because of the challenge in the song to
+worthwhile effort, and ready now to begin the preparations of the
+impending journey to Land's End!
+
+
+
+
+CHAPTER II
+
+ON THE WAY
+
+
+The next day was a busy one for the Merediths, but at last everything
+was ready, and bag and baggage they boarded the train and were off on
+the journey.
+
+"I wonder what it's all going to be like, really?" Nora and Janey peered
+out on the passing scenes, as they sped along.
+
+Directly in front of them were Beth and Alice, and beyond them, Don and
+Harry, who felt the responsibility of their position as protectors of the
+four girls.
+
+Don and Harry were also speculating.
+
+"I wonder how it ever came to be called _Land's End_?"
+
+"I believe Dad said the land ran up into a narrow kind of neck and so
+people, just trying to find a name, made it out of that, I suppose; it
+sounds rather mysterious however; who knows but what we _may_ run up on
+an adventure."
+
+Harry laughed.
+
+"Well, from its title it sounds rather quiet, but we won't have much time
+for speculation, and as you say we may run up on something quite exciting
+during our visit to the woods!"
+
+They chatted away merrily for awhile, until almost before they could
+realize the distance had passed so quickly, they were at their
+destination, while a voice was calling--"all off for Land's End!"
+
+Nora, Janey, Beth and Alice, Harry and Don, sprang to their feet in
+surprise, while eagerly peering into the dusk of the outside, to catch a
+glimpse of the scene awaiting.
+
+A sudden jolt warned them that the trip was over and gathering up their
+bundles they began to pile out.
+
+They were greeted at the train steps by a friendly man, who took them at
+once to a car not far distant.
+
+"Is _this_ Land's End?" Don inquired.
+
+"It is indeed," laughed their pilot, "did you imagine we all had to walk
+out here?"
+
+"I--I--really didn't know," Don replied, trying to be polite, while
+sticking to the truth.
+
+"_I_ thought perhaps it might be the end of the world!"
+
+Small Alice suddenly joined in the conversation from her corner, half
+hidden by packages and suit cases; after that the tension was over and
+they all talked merrily as they glided along.
+
+"Well, here we are, and there's Aunt Janice Meredith," Nora was the first
+to jump out and go forward to greet the small figure awaiting them in a
+flood of light, that stretched out in welcoming rays in all directions.
+
+"A very, very warm welcome to all of my Meredith nieces and nephews!"
+said the diminutive lady, holding out both hands in greeting.
+
+Alice nudged Beth, her eyes big with excitement.
+
+Their friendly pilot had said goodnight, and slipped quietly away,
+leaving them to themselves for the first meeting.
+
+"Come right in to supper, the old place hasn't had such a merry set for
+quite a while, and it does my heart good to have you."
+
+The old lady turned and led the way into a spacious dining room, where
+the table was set with the daintiest china and gleaming silver.
+
+The room also seemed filled with the softest most musical notes, that
+made the place seem to Beth and Alice like fairyland at once.
+
+"Now tell me about your journey," Aunt Janice began, after seeing to the
+comfort of each, because she declared, they must really be almost
+famished after the long trip.
+
+Soon they began to talk and the evening advanced in an unaccountable
+manner toward bedtime, so delightful were the hours of getting
+acquainted. When she felt they must break up, Aunt Janice led the way up
+the winding stair.
+
+"Good-night, and happy dreams!" she said, with a smile for all the group,
+"take a good rest now, and be ready for some good times tomorrow."
+
+"Oh, Aunt Janice, we're already having a lovely visit, and you are indeed
+kind to invite us for a stay in this beautiful, old house."
+
+"The more the merrier, my dear," she beamed on Nora. "All of you in turn,
+will make the old place far happier than it has been in a long while, and
+I shall be much helped by having you here."
+
+"Is it a fairy castle?" Alice had slipped one hand into the old lady's,
+as they stood talking together.
+
+"I think I'll wait a bit and let _you_ tell _me_ if it seems like a real
+fairy castle, Alice, after you've been here awhile."
+
+"That will be fun," Beth answered.
+
+Aunt Janice smiled.
+
+"Don't you believe in fairies? The fairies I believe in have always been
+welcome companions of mine, namely, the fairies of kindness, good
+thoughts and wishes and deeds; they drive out loneliness, if you let them
+live under your roof. Moreover, the world then seen is brighter because
+of their light."
+
+Alice beamed.
+
+"There is a little song that says, 'Brighten the corner where you are--',
+I love brightness and light, don't you, Aunt Janice?"
+
+"I believe we feel that way, Janey, because of the One who is the Source
+of all good thoughts, wishes and deeds and who said, '_I am the Light of
+the world_.' How desolate life would be without the light of His love,
+shed on dark pathways to make them shine!"
+
+Nora and Janey looked quickly into the old lady's face. They saw both
+sadness and gladness, smiling through.
+
+"I'm sure we're going to love it here," they said impulsively, as they
+threw their arms around the old lady to bid her goodnight.
+
+"I'm ever so glad that you feel that way; you may look forward to some
+happy hours and surprises, I hope--just wait and see!"
+
+Then Aunt Janice turned, and with a wave of her hand, disappeared into a
+room at the end of the long hall.
+
+
+
+
+CHAPTER III
+
+A GLIMPSE OF THE TOWER ROOM
+
+
+Not even the excitement of anticipation could keep the Merediths awake
+that first night of their visit to Land's End, but after a refreshing
+sleep, bright and early the next morning they were awakened by the sun
+shining through the green blinds that shaded the old castle windows.
+
+Also by Aunt Janice calling pleasantly, "Did you have a good night's
+rest, and are you ready to go down to breakfast now?"
+
+She beamed happily around on all the young Meredith's, as they hurriedly
+joined her at the top of the stairs.
+
+A little later at the breakfast table she asked suddenly,--"What shall
+the program be today; an exploring expedition into the forest--a trip to
+the city to shop, or perhaps a ride on the ponies and a visit to the old
+castle gardens?"
+
+"Oh," chorused the Merediths--"everything sounds so delightful, it's hard
+to choose!"
+
+Aunt Janice's eyes twinkled.
+
+"Perhaps I'd best help you out to begin with then--suppose you explore
+the gardens and the old place this morning; then by the afternoon, you'll
+be ready to choose what you'd prefer next. I shall not go along, but you
+are to feel perfectly at home; go anywhere you fancy--_only_--," Aunt
+Janice lowered her voice--"only pass quickly by the tower room at the
+extreme west wing--perhaps sometime--," the old lady paused, a sigh
+escaping her lips, that she forgot to stifle, but quickly remembering,
+brought back a bright smile, as she first led them in family prayers and
+then waved them off, bidding her young visitors to have a happy morning.
+
+"What a wonderful old place!" Nora was the first to speak, as they
+passed here and there examining one thing after another.
+
+"It certainly is," Harry's eyes were thoughtful. "I wonder why Dad has
+only dropped a word, here and there, of it, and about Aunt Janice. I
+hardly realized that she was real until we came and saw!"
+
+"It puzzles me, too," Nora agreed, "I keep thinking that maybe I'll wake
+up directly and find I've been dreaming."
+
+"And we thought Land's End was going to be the end of everything! The old
+place holds a mystery, and I can't but wonder what it is."
+
+The undercurrent of excitement was thrilling to the Merediths, as their
+thoughts turned to Aunt Janice's parting injunction about the tower room.
+
+"If there's anything bothering Aunt Janice, I'd do anything to help her
+out." Nora was speaking softly.
+
+"Perhaps we can help," Don said, "anyhow we can follow out her
+instructions, whatever they may be."
+
+"I love Aunt Janice," Alice joined in, "don't you?"
+
+"She's a perfectly darling old lady," Beth replied, a sentiment that
+expressed the feelings of all the Merediths.
+
+A sudden turn in their wanderings, revealed the mysterious west wing and
+tower room, that was uppermost, just then, in their minds.
+
+With its clinging ivy that covered the old walls, it looked more
+mysterious than they dreamed it would. In another moment, however, they
+remembered what Aunt Janice had said, and hurried on by.
+
+"I don't think we ought to look at it even at a distance," Nora remarked,
+"because I'm sure that room holds the secret that shadows the old place;
+for some reason Aunt Janice isn't ready to disclose it."
+
+"And _I_ believe that Dad would have told us all about the castle if it
+hadn't been for the mystery." Janey glanced back over her shoulder as she
+spoke, then gave a suppressed scream.
+
+"There's someone inside the tower room," she gasped--"I saw a
+handkerchief waving behind the ivy covered window!"
+
+"Hush!" Nora broke in hurriedly, "you imagined that, Janey--probably a
+white pigeon has flown in and can't find its way out again."
+
+"Imagined indeed!" Janey's voice was shaking with excitement, "I tell
+you that someone is there at this moment, peering through those
+overhanging vines."
+
+Alice began to cry softly, while Nora had to turn her attention toward
+pacifying the little girl.
+
+"Don't cry Alice, I think it is only a white pigeon that can't
+escape, and is flying back and forth to find an opening; there's
+nothing mysterious in that; now promise not to say anything of this
+to Aunt Janice."
+
+"I'll try to remember," and Alice dried her tears with Nora's words of
+comfort, and soon they caught up with the party ahead, and for the time
+being the incident was forgotten.
+
+The morning hours slipped rapidly along, but at last they had gone over
+the old place and gardens, which stretched around on all sides. With
+reluctance they then retraced their steps, thinking perhaps they were
+overstaying their time.
+
+Aunt Janice was standing in the door awaiting them.
+
+"Did you have a pleasant morning; and what do you think of the old
+gardens?"
+
+"Beautiful" and "Wonderful!" Their exclamations of delight and pleasure,
+were quite satisfying to Aunt Janice.
+
+"We're having the loveliest visit, and everything is charming."
+
+The old lady's face was a picture, as she smiled on the group, reacting
+to the breath of youth, again awakened in her heart, by these happy
+young visitors.
+
+"Suppose it could be managed, would all of you care to make the
+old castle your--home?" She spoke on impulse on hearing their
+words of praise.
+
+"Oh, Aunt Janice--" Nora replied quickly, "it would seem like the happy
+ending to a book!"
+
+"Perhaps it can be arranged then," the old lady clasped her hands
+together--"you could have all of the advantages of the near-by city, and
+yet we could have a merry time out here in the old homestead, if only
+Gwen--" she paused, suddenly remembering, and cut short the words
+unuttered.
+
+"Come--" she said, turning abruptly, "lunch is waiting, and I feel sure
+you must be ready for it, after the morning hours of exploration."
+
+
+
+
+CHAPTER IV
+
+PLANS FOR THE PARTY
+
+
+Luncheon over, the ponies were brought out from the stables, and as Don
+expressed it, they seemed ready-made for their visit.
+
+The boys were overjoyed as they mounted and galloped away down the long
+avenue for a ride; the girls at first being satisfied with a trot around
+the grounds on "Brownie's" broad back.
+
+After the delightful day had gone at last, tired but happy they gathered
+around Aunt Janice as she sat knitting.
+
+"You must have a fortune growing around the old place on all of those
+fine forest trees!" Harry commented.
+
+Aunt Janice looked toward the speaker quickly.
+
+"Well, I believe it is one of the finest in this part of the country; you
+may all take a basket of lunch and go out exploring there, if you like,
+soon--all varieties of lovely ferns grow about in damp places and you can
+bring some back to help make the old place look green and pretty inside,
+as well as on the outside, for we must get ready for a party."
+
+"A party--a party--" chorused several voices at once.
+
+"I see the plan meets with approval; all right then; I'll have a good
+lunch put up and you may spend the day, and wander around to your
+heart's content!"
+
+"How delightful!--and shall we play games, too?"
+
+Alice had come up close to Aunt Janice and placed one small hand in hers.
+"Isn't everything going to be just ever so happy?"
+
+"Happier by far than it has been for years, because of you young people
+to make it so, and last but not least, we shall have as many games in the
+program as you care to play."
+
+The next hour or so passed rapidly in discussing the plans for the party
+to be, and all of the Merediths including Aunt Janice, were sorry when
+the hands of the old grandfather's clock began to warn them of the
+breaking up hour.
+
+After they had separated for the night, Nora and Janey kept on talking of
+the delightful hours that they had spent.
+
+"I never dreamed that Land's End would be as beautiful as a dream story,"
+Nora remarked, "and I said such cross things about coming at first. I
+don't feel that I deserve this wonderful visit."
+
+"You didn't really mean them, Nora; nor did I. I'm sure Aunt Janice and
+Dad would understand."
+
+"I hope so, because I'm really sorry and ashamed."
+
+"I am afraid we all say things only too often that are so unworthy;
+wouldn't we have much more happiness, Nora, if we would heed the warning
+of the Bible to guard our tongue and not to judge our fellowmen?"
+
+"Y--es,--I suppose so. I think this place should be called the Castle of
+Delight, instead of Land's End; it would certainly be more appropriate."
+
+"I think so too," Janey agreed. "I wonder if we'll come across any people
+living in the forest?"
+
+"I wonder" Janey echoed. "Perhaps the old man who brought us from the
+station in Aunt Janice's car. He may live in there, and we might stop and
+invite him to the party."
+
+Nora laughed.
+
+"He isn't really old, Janey. I thought him pretty vigorous. Who knows
+though, whom we may find deep in the forest? We shall have to ask Aunt
+Janice though for permission to invite guests."
+
+"The more the merrier, sir, she said--
+While gazing on the tulip bed,--
+Come be our flower-guests, so sweet--
+And make our party quite complete!"
+
+"I didn't know you were a poetess, Nora! I'm sure Aunt Janice will let
+us have all the flower guests we want--from woods or garden."
+
+"The sooner we stop talking, the sooner morning will come again, and so
+good-night and sweet dreams, Janey."
+
+But Janey slipped out of bed and over to the window for one more look at
+the terrace, white and silvery in the bright moonlight.
+
+"Have you forgotten the mystery of the tower room, Nora?"
+
+Nora brushed back her brown curls, impatiently.
+
+"Come back to bed and to sleep, Janey--you probably saw, as I said, a
+white pigeon imprisoned in the room; dismiss the thought, and forget all
+about it."
+
+Janey was peering through the open window on the moonlit terrace below.
+
+"I'm sure a white figure went gliding by and disappeared among the trees.
+Come quick, Nora, and watch!"
+
+Janey's voice was shaking with excitement, and it was only after several
+minutes of remonstrance from Nora that she was persuaded she was acting
+foolishly to be hunting up mysteries in perhaps just a passing traveler,
+and so gave up and returned to bed.
+
+"Maybe you'll find out I'm right about the waving handkerchief from the
+tower room, and also about that passing figure. I think they're
+connected, so there, Nora--you just wait and see when the mystery is all
+cleared up!"
+
+With that thought foremost in her mind, Janey at last, fell asleep.
+
+
+
+
+CHAPTER V
+
+EXPLORING THE FOREST
+
+
+Bright and early after breakfast, the Merediths, bidding Aunt Janice
+good-bye, started out on their exploring expedition into the forest.
+
+"You may make a whole day of it, if you like," Aunt Janice had said, "and
+have a picnic dinner--only be careful."
+
+"We will--" they assented, "and as you don't mind if we stay all day, we
+can camp out, and play we're a gypsy band, and have lots of fun."
+
+The old lady smiled. Beth had run back for a moment.
+
+"Won't you be lonely?" she asked, but Aunt Janice thinking of their
+pleasure, had shaken her head.
+
+"Not since you'll be coming back to have supper with me; don't stay any
+longer than sundown."
+
+"All right," replied Don.
+
+"I nearly forgot," Nora began, "may we invite any one in the forest, whom
+we chance to meet?"
+
+Aunt Janice nodded in the affirmative, and at last they were off.
+
+The blue mist across the hills was melting into thousands of sparkling
+dewdrops, as the sun began to climb higher in the sky.
+
+Janey looked at the open scenery as they came to the edge of the
+shadowy forest.
+
+"I wish we were going to the hills to camp--it's dark in there, where the
+pathway is so shadowed by the forest trees!"
+
+Nora read her thoughts, and put a warning finger to her lips.
+
+"Don't be silly, Janey; don't you see Don and Harry ahead? We'll play
+that we are all going on a quest, and they will be our knights--there's
+nothing to fear."
+
+Janey's face brightened, and Beth and Alice, thinking only of the good
+time ahead, danced merrily along the way.
+
+"Wouldn't it be fun, if we found a little cabin, in the heart of the
+forest?" Don turned toward Harry to help with the basket of lunch, that
+he had been carrying since they left.
+
+Harry's eyes began to sparkle.
+
+"Maybe we will; I, for one, am out on a real adventure."
+
+"We're leaving the mystery of the tower room behind--" Janey paused,
+remembering that it was Aunt Janice's secret, after all, of which she
+spoke; yet she had not been able to shake off her nervous feelings, even
+though Nora had laughed at her fears!
+
+"I read a story once called, 'The Adventure of the Happy Heart.'"
+
+"What a pretty title, Nora--tell us about it."
+
+"The Happy Heart stood for anyone who tried to make someone, who was
+lonely, glad, every day or whenever the opportunity arose, on the road of
+life, as they adventured along its path."
+
+"What a lovely idea!" Janey cried. "Where did you find the story?"
+
+"In our Sunday school library; it all ended with the heart that started
+out to bring gladness into other lives along the way; because every happy
+heart in turn, made another happy, and the one who started it, was full
+to overflowing with joy, all of her days!"
+
+"Let's try and find someone today on our adventure."
+
+"There's no time like the present," Don stepped back, and pointed
+mysteriously through an opening in the trees ahead, that revealed at the
+end of a winding footpath, a real log--cabin!
+
+"Oh," gasped Janey, turning to catch Beth and Alice's hands--"maybe it's
+a gypsy hut!"
+
+"Don't be a goose-girl," laughed Don, "whoever heard of a gypsy settling
+down in one place; they are a wandering tribe."
+
+"We'll be the scouts and go ahead and bring back a report."
+
+Harry and Don started forward--
+
+"Brave knights of old--" Nora said softly, as the two disappeared down
+the trail, toward the unknown, in the shape of a small cabin at the end!
+
+"Well, this may be our chance to begin on our quest for happy hearts,"
+Nora, her eyes following the boys, spoke again.
+
+"I like adventuring for happy hearts, don't you?"
+
+"So do I--"
+
+"And I--"
+
+"And I!"
+
+"I believe Aunt Janice was the first one on our chain."
+
+"I believe you are right, Janey--" and Nora smiled around on the
+group--"we shall count her as the first link of joy on our quest of
+adventuring for happy hearts!"
+
+"Lovely!" exclaimed Janey--"I wonder who will be the next?"
+
+"I wonder, too--" Nora replied, as they watched the retreating "knights"
+disappearing down the shadowy forest trail!
+
+
+
+
+CHAPTER VI
+
+MARTY AND JERRY
+
+
+Don and Harry, starting down the trail, had cautioned the girls to wait
+where they were, until they received the signal to come and join them, or
+otherwise.
+
+"It may be just a deserted cabin that belongs to Aunt Janice, and that we
+can claim if she's willing--" then the boys had hastened on deeper into
+the forest.
+
+"Suppose--" Harry began, "that we find that the log cabin, so hidden
+away, has something to do with the secret of the tower room!"
+
+"Then we won't investigate, because Aunt Janice doesn't seem to want
+us to know."
+
+In another moment, as they came nearer the hut, voices could be heard
+speaking inside, and a dog began to bark furiously.
+
+"Be quiet, 'Gem'--down--down--who's there?"
+
+The boys, waiting a few feet away, replied, "Harry and Donald Meredith;
+we were just exploring and thought we'd come up and see if anyone was
+occupying the cabin, but your dog sounds mean."
+
+The door had opened by this time, while a boy, holding "Gem" by the
+collar, appeared.
+
+"Oh, 'Gem' is our protector, you see. Marty and I are alone at night
+sometimes, when Grandfather's away foresting; you are from the
+Castle then?"
+
+"We're visiting our Aunt Janice; she gave us a basket of lunch and said
+we might have a day of exploration."
+
+"Then, we were also to gather greens and wild ferns, for a party that she
+is giving for us later."
+
+"How nice!" a bright-eyed girl had joined her brother at the door.
+
+She nudged him quickly as a reminder.
+
+"Why don't you ask them in, Jerry?"
+
+The boy smiled--"This is Marty, my sister--and she's wondering if you
+won't come in--see, 'Gem' is quite friendly now, since he sees that you
+are also friends!"
+
+Don and Harry stooped to pat the small dog, capering around at
+their feet.
+
+"Thanks--" they both replied, "but we left Nora, Janey--Beth and Alice,
+behind; they were waiting for us to make a discovery here."
+
+The small girl clapped her hands impulsively.
+
+"Girls--" she cried, "there are girls too, Jerry!"
+
+Jerry looked as pleased as his sister--"Go and bring them along,
+Marty--they may be afraid of 'Gem.'"
+
+In a flash, Marty disappeared down the trail.
+
+Nora was watching and came to meet her. She noted at a glance, the worn,
+shabby red dress, but neat appearance, of the small stranger of the
+forest cabin.
+
+"I've come for you--" Marty began timidly--"Jerry said you were afraid to
+come nearer he guessed, but 'Gem' is friendly now--come!"
+
+Nora held out a hand in greeting.
+
+"We shall love to if you'll have us--" she smiled, as Janey, Beth and
+Alice joined her.
+
+"We want you all," Marty said at once, and indicated that they
+follow her lead.
+
+"This is our home--Jerry and I and Grandfather live here, together."
+
+"How nice! We are all on a visit to Aunt Janice Meredith, and I'm sure
+she'll be willing for us to come and see you often."
+
+Marty gave a little gasp.
+
+"The castle must be a grand place to live--but--" she hesitated,--"but
+one evening late, we were passing there, and I thought I saw something
+white waving from a window--Grandfather said though, not to say anything
+about it, but I forgot; he called it, the story of the tower room--Do
+you know it?"
+
+She looked inquiringly at Nora, who shook her head quickly.
+
+"Aunt Janice hasn't told us yet, but we know it makes her sad, and so we
+don't mean to try and find out, you see!"
+
+"It's a secret, I guess--" Marty continued, "and of course secrets
+must be kept."
+
+"We're making Aunt Janice happy again," Beth beamed, "she told us
+so herself!"
+
+They had gathered in front of the cabin now, and the boys began to cast
+wishful eyes at the lunch basket.
+
+"Let's have our picnic right here under this big tree, if Marty and Jerry
+are willing; it's been quite a while since breakfast!"
+
+"Oh, of course--it will be lots of fun to have you," they both joined at
+once in the invitation. "We usually wait for Grandfather for awhile, but
+if he's too long in coming, we have dinner without him."
+
+"You are to be our guests today though, and the more the merrier,--Aunt
+Janice said that of us; let's spread the table."
+
+Alice skipped around as they made preparations, running back and
+forth, and helping Marty with tumblers and a pitcher of cool water
+from the spring.
+
+Even the Merediths were not prepared for such a feast! Aunt Janice had
+everything good imaginable, packed to overflowing, in the basket; enough
+and more to spare, even after the hungry boys and girls, had eaten all
+they could, with "Gem" to do his part.
+
+"There's not quite enough left for another picnic!" Beth looked over the
+table and gave a little sigh.
+
+Everyone joined in the laugh that followed.
+
+"Why, you sound sorry," Nora said, "we'll leave the rest of the feast
+for Jerry's and Marty's Grandfather."
+
+Jerry's face brightened, although he began to demur, but Harry and Don
+ended the discussion at once, by declaring they would certainly not lug
+the heavy basket back again.
+
+"Won't you get hungry though?" Marty's eyes rested on the delightful
+things left.
+
+"No, indeed; supper will be waiting and ready, when we get back to
+the castle."
+
+"It's beginning to get late, too--we've stayed here so long, since
+finding you and Jerry in the cabin."
+
+"Please, don't go yet," Marty began, fearing Janey's remark was leading
+up to that point.
+
+"We promised Aunt Janice to be back by sundown, and we haven't explored
+very much of the forest," Nora smiled.
+
+"Then you'll come another day," Jerry proposed, "and Marty and I can go
+along too; I'm sure Grandfather will be willing."
+
+Another happy hour slipped by, and then the Merediths knew their time was
+really up.
+
+"I just wish you could all live here," Marty's eyes were beginning to
+look cloudy.
+
+"We'll come soon again, and of course you and Jerry are to be guests at
+the party, whenever it comes off."
+
+"Of course," Nora joined in with Janey, at once--"Aunt Janice told us
+that we could invite any one we met out here."
+
+Marty and Beth had caught hands at the mention of a party and were
+dancing around in a circle. Then Nora began laughing--
+
+"Why, we've had such a pleasant day, that we forgot all about digging up
+wild ferns to carry back with us."
+
+"The party won't be for awhile yet, and so after all we'll have a plenty
+of time," Don said. "I think Aunt Janice will agree that it's better to
+make another trip for them anyway."
+
+"I'm sure she will--" Beth had her arms around Marty, "and you and Jerry
+will know where we can find the prettiest ones."
+
+Good-byes were at last over, and they all waved until Marty and Jerry
+were swallowed up by the shadowy forest trees.
+
+"Forward--march--" ordered Don--"it's almost sunset!"
+
+"After a delightful day!"
+
+Nora spoke softly, as they followed the trail, that led out of the
+forest.
+
+"And, I believe, we've found two more on our quest for happy hearts," she
+ended, joyously.
+
+
+
+
+CHAPTER VII
+
+TALKING OVER THE DAY
+
+
+After supper was over, Aunt Janice gathered the Merediths in a circle
+around her, to talk over the happenings of the day spent in the forest.
+
+"What exciting adventure did you have?"
+
+There was a twinkle in the old lady's eyes, and Janey seeing it, knew
+that Aunt Janice was wondering what made them forget to bring back the
+ferns that they had set out so bravely to gather.
+
+"We truly did have a delightful adventure," they all chorused, in reply
+to her question--"and we could hardly wait to tell you about it."
+
+"Let's begin at the beginning."
+
+"Naturally," Don said, glancing over at Janey--"that's the right place
+to start."
+
+"--Don--Aunt Janice is waiting."
+
+"Well--we got deep into the forest, when suddenly, at the end of a long
+narrow path there appeared a--log cabin!"
+
+"We thought at first it might be a gypsy hut!"
+
+"Don't be silly, Beth--you've forgotten that gypsies wander from place
+to place."
+
+"Never mind," Aunt Janice spoke softly--"what did you find?"
+
+"Marty and Jerry and 'Gem'." Alice could wait no longer for a turn to
+speak.
+
+"She has climaxed the story before the climax!"
+
+They all joined in the general laughter that followed the youngest
+Meredith's remark.
+
+"You'd love Marty and Jerry, Aunt Janice," Nora said--"they are really
+delightful, and I'm sure you'll approve of our asking them to the party."
+
+The old lady smiled, as she looked around on the eager faces. She was
+thinking of Mr. Greyson, the children's grandfather, who had known better
+days, but on account of reverses, had been so reduced, that he had come
+out from the city and asked work of her as a forester. Old Peter Greyson
+was proud and would have nothing except what he earned.
+
+"Do you know Marty and Jerry?"
+
+"I know of them, but the grandfather is quite a worthy man, and I'm glad
+you discovered the children."
+
+"Do you think the grandfather will let them come?"
+
+Beth's mind was on the forthcoming party.
+
+"We shall certainly hope so. I'm sure if he could be made to see that he
+is depriving them of pleasure by keeping them so close, he would."
+
+"We'll find him and tell him," Janey planned.
+
+"We had a delightful picnic with Jerry and Marty; that made us forget
+about looking for the ferns for decorating."
+
+"After all the party is some time off, and you can make another
+expedition to find those."
+
+"I thought you'd say that," and Janey looked lovingly at the sweet face
+before her.
+
+"It would have done your heart good to see how Jerry and Marty enjoyed
+your delicious lunch."
+
+"To say nothing of ourselves!" Don supplemented.
+
+"Well, you may have another as soon as you like, and I'll be sure to
+include the Greyson's next time."
+
+"Land's End is the most delightful place in the world--" Janey threw her
+arms around Aunt Janice impulsively, while sudden tears brimmed over and
+splashed down her cheeks.
+
+"Why, my dear, you must be all tired out," the old lady began
+sympathetically. But Janey shook her head.
+
+"I was thinking that we don't deserve the jolly time you're giving
+us--at first when Dad told us of your invitation we--we--didn't want to
+come at all!"
+
+Nora looked crestfallen, also.
+
+Aunt Janice seeing the cause of their woe, immediately set their
+hearts at rest.
+
+"Why I don't blame you, not even a little bit, my dears--Land's End
+doesn't sound a bit inviting, if you don't really know anything about it;
+no wonder you felt regretful!"
+
+Janey's tears were quickly dried.
+
+"We didn't know you then, Aunt Janice."
+
+"Nor this lovely old castle and garden--"
+
+"Nor the forest--with Marty and Jerry living in it--"
+
+"Neither did we know that we were setting out, like Nora's story, on a
+quest for happy hearts."
+
+"I think that is a lovely quest to be traveling on; how far have you gone
+on the way?" Aunt Janice was all interest, as she included the whole
+group in the question.
+
+For a moment everyone was silent, then Nora broke the pause shyly--"We
+put you as the first Aunt Janice, on the quest for happy hearts, because
+you said we had brought gladness into your life. You're the golden link
+that began our chain of happiness."
+
+"Quite right--quite right--" Aunt Janice agreed heartily, almost
+overcome herself. "But now it's bedtime, so let us first of all thank
+our heavenly Father for our happiness and then go to bed. We all need a
+refreshing sleep."
+
+For a few minutes they all listened devoutly as Aunt Janice read the
+Twenty-third Psalm, after which they joined her in prayer and in the
+singing of the doxology. Then bidding Aunt Janice a hasty good-night,
+tired out with the day's adventure, the Merediths trooped away to enjoy
+the great blessing of sleep and rest.
+
+
+
+
+CHAPTER VIII
+
+THE STORY OF THE TOWER ROOM
+
+
+"Tell us a story, please tell us a story, Aunt Janice!"
+
+"A story, Janey? . . . . What shall it be about?"
+
+"About the old castle in the long ago," Beth hastened to beg, for she
+too, dearly loved the story hour.
+
+The quiet moment seemed to have at last arrived, as they all gathered
+together on the broad veranda, in the twilight.
+
+The old lady smiled. "A story of long ago! It seems I shall hardly know
+just where to begin; in the long ago, there used to be merry parties,
+but--" just there she paused, and linked it up with the present--"now
+since you young people have come, it seems more as it did then."
+
+Aunt Janice's face was thoughtful, and for a few moments no one
+interrupted the thread of her thoughts.
+
+Outside the twilight deepened, and the stars began to shine down through
+the rustling trees, in the garden.
+
+"Do you think Dad may get here in time for the party?" Alice's tone was a
+tiny bit mournful, and Aunt Janice hastened to dispel any feeling of
+homesickness.
+
+"Who can tell? Perhaps he may surprise us at any time now; anyway, I'm
+sure he wants you to spend happy days at the old place."
+
+"We are, indeed we are!" chorused the Merediths together.
+
+Alice placed an arm around Aunt Janice's shoulder, and began
+coaxingly--"Tell us the story of the Tower room, please." In vain Nora
+shook her head, but Alice did not look up. "The first day that we went
+through the gardens, Janey saw something white waving from the
+window, but we hurried by, as you said, we must. Nora said, it was
+only a pigeon!"
+
+Alice had completely forgotten her promise, and dismayed, but helpless to
+stop her, the others sat around, speechless.
+
+Aunt Janice's face whitened with the request, but she patted gently the
+golden head against her shoulder.
+
+"The story of the tower room is a long one, dearie, but perhaps you
+should know it. I shall try and hurry through it. Your own father could
+tell you much of those happy days gone by; Harry, his brother, and senior
+by a good many years, married Gwendolyn Arlington, and they had one son,
+beloved by his parents to almost a painful degree. When he was about
+sixteen years old perhaps, he insisted that the only thing that he wanted
+to do, was to go to sea, and although it almost broke his mother's heart,
+they gave in to his whim. With his departure, the life of the old place
+also seemed to go.
+
+"In just a few months after that, a report was received that the vessel
+on which he had gone was lost with all the crew and passengers.
+
+"After the terrible news, your Aunt Gwen's health failed, and she lost
+interest in everything; finally after the death of your uncle Harry, she
+went into a complete melancholy, and retired to the seclusion of the
+tower room, with an attendant. In all of these seven years since the
+tragedy, she has remained there; only at night sometimes, she wanders
+around the old gardens. Perhaps if Janey hadn't seen the handkerchief
+waving from the window, I should never have told the sad story of the
+tower room!
+
+"The seasons have come and gone quietly since then, but this year I could
+stand it no longer. I had long wanted to see all of you dear nieces and
+nephews, and wrote asking your father's permission to have you for a
+long visit.
+
+"He consented, and wrote of his business call that came just about the
+same time. He has come by to see me now and then, but for this same
+feeling of gloom that it has cast over the place he has never told you
+the sad story either, nor had we planned your coming before for the
+same reason."
+
+Aunt Janice drew a breath of relief, as though after all in the telling a
+burden had rolled away.
+
+The rustling trees broke the surrounding stillness, then the tinkling of
+a silvery bell at the gate.
+
+"Who could be out on a visit so late?" The old lady peered through the
+shadows, as two figures advanced. The light streaming out from the hall
+revealed Donald Meredith and his brother Harry's son, supposed to have
+been lost seven years before!
+
+The Meredith's sprang forward to greet their father, while Aunt Janice,
+the story warm on her lips that she had just been telling, sat quite
+still, scarcely believing what her eyes saw.
+
+"Welcome, Donald--and--can it really be, or am I dreaming?"
+
+She stretched out her arms, while the stalwart form of Harry and
+Gwendolyn's son walked straight into the shelter of their love.
+
+Older of course, and careworn, because of those years of imprisonment
+among a savage tribe, yet the same! There was not time just then for the
+story of those years--how he alone survived in the shipwreck where all
+had been thought lost; of the struggle in the dark waters, but cast up at
+last unconscious on shore in the most uncivilized part of Africa where he
+had been a captive through the years. Then came the almost miraculous
+escape to a passing ship homeward bound!
+
+Later, there would be time a plenty for all of the details or as much as
+he saw fit to tell.
+
+Just a few low spoken words to Aunt Janice, and then he was off to find
+his mother--and who would draw the curtain aside on that scene?--The
+years seemed to roll back and link quickly with the present, while the
+tension broke. Gwendolyn, forgetting in the joy of the moment, the sorrow
+she had endured, came back to herself completely, and was even as she had
+been before!
+
+Mr. Meredith, with his family and Aunt Janice, were discussing the
+wonderful happenings of the day, when into the picture stepped Gwen and
+her son, adding their happiness to the hearts overflowing for them.
+Little Alice stood holding her father's hand, while Don, Nora, Harry and
+Beth, looked wide-eyed at the turn of events.
+
+"I wish," Alice broke into the silence, "that we might all stay
+here forever!"
+
+The tiny bright-eyed old lady, her loving heart ashine in her face,
+looked into the eyes of all of the happy group.
+
+"I'm sure that will be the most joyful way for us to spend the years;
+there is room and love in abundance for all; let's share them in the old
+castle together."
+
+The Merediths joined hands in delight at the suggestion. "A home with
+dear Aunt Janice! How delightful!" Nora voiced in words the thoughts they
+all would utter--"Tomorrow we must go into the forest and tell Marty and
+Jerry the wonderful news."
+
+"And bring back the ferns and vines for the party!"
+
+Alice and Beth were skipping around in excitement, that the grown-ups
+felt, but expressed in a quieter way.
+
+"Isn't it fine that you will be here for the party?" Janey was looking
+into her father's face as she spoke, softly--"Aunt Janice will be glad
+for us to show you around."
+
+The old lady smiled her assent; but just then did not remind Janey of
+the years he had spent around the old place.
+
+"Even Aunt Janice hasn't met Jerry and Marty," Beth said--"but you will
+both love them."
+
+"I'm sure we shall."
+
+Then Nora, thoughtful as usual, motioned the others into the next room.
+
+"Let's leave them to talk together," she whispered--"they have been
+separated so long."
+
+"The mystery of the tower room is gone forever!" Harry exclaimed.
+
+"I _did_ see a handkerchief waving from the window, that day,
+Nora;" Janey's tone was triumphant. "Wasn't Aunt Janice good to
+tell us the story?"
+
+"Alice--" Harry paused; for just then, no one felt like reminding her of
+the broken promise.
+
+"All's well that ends well--" Don remarked, with a wise shake of his
+head.
+
+
+
+
+CHAPTER IX
+
+ADDING TO THE QUEST
+
+
+"Aunt Janice--Dad--we're off for the forest again!"
+
+Don stood in the doorway, watching the two deeply engrossed in
+conversation, as he came up to announce their intentions.
+
+"Don't forget the lunch basket--and remember the wild ferns and greenery
+for the decorations." Aunt Janice reminded.
+
+"We surely will bring back some beautiful decorations this time; for
+tomorrow will be the party day!"
+
+Aunt Janice was as happy in her preparations as any of the younger
+Merediths, and had been busy already giving orders for the bountiful
+feast, for the whole day and evening was to be one of an entire
+"gala" occasion.
+
+Gwendolyn and her son, were as merry as two children, helping Aunt
+Janice with the plans wherever they could.
+
+"How very merciful God has been!" the old lady said softly, her gaze
+resting lovingly on the group waiting outside, in the sunlight of another
+beautiful day.
+
+"Oh, Donald--" she continued, "it seems almost too good to think of you
+and the dear children, coming to live here always, to gladden the years."
+
+"We should be truly grateful," Mr. Meredith replied, "and it shall be the
+greatest pleasure to take care of you and your affairs."
+
+Don had waited, not wanting to interrupt, and Aunt Janice seeing him,
+motioned that he come up to her side. In the happiness that had come to
+them all, she had not forgotten a plan that she had made for Marty and
+Jerry's grandfather and themselves.
+
+"I want you to take a message to Mr. Greyson for me, Don--tell him that
+the manager is returning to his home in the city, and that I shall be
+glad if he will consider the vacancy, and accept at once if he will. The
+house of course goes with the position."
+
+Don fairly exploded with the good news, as he rushed on out to catch up
+with the others, who had gone ahead. Nor did it take them long to find
+their new friends.
+
+Marty and Jerry with their grandfather, were coming down the trail that
+led out from the cabin. They saw the Meredith's approaching and hurried
+forward to greet them.
+
+Nora, Janey, Don, Harry, Beth and Alice, needed no introduction to Mr.
+Greyson, for much to their joy, they found him one and the same as the
+friend who had piloted them from the station, on the evening of their
+arrival at Land's End.
+
+After the warm greetings were over, Don couldn't wait another moment to
+break the news.
+
+"The mystery of the castle is over, for our cousin Harry has returned;
+he wasn't drowned at all, but kidnapped somewhere off the coast of
+Africa, in the most uncivilized region."
+
+"And--" Janey interrupted, "his mother, who shut herself up in the tower
+room, is perfectly well again."
+
+"We left them gathering flowers for the party!" Alice began, quickly
+joining in to have a part in the affair.
+
+"Wait--" Don spoke up again--"I want to give Aunt Janice's message
+first."
+
+Then, in a rush, it all came out--the words fairly running over one
+another for utterance, and ending with a glowing picture of the pretty
+house, nestled at the foot of the blue misty hills, "Please say you'll
+accept and move right in, Mr. Greyson; Aunt Janice really needs your
+help at once."
+
+Marty and Jerry stood waiting, their faces pictures of eager expectancy.
+The house that Jerry described and of which they had only seen the
+outside, seemed like a real palace to them.
+
+When their grandfather, without losing time, accepted the offer, their
+cup of joy seemed to overflow!
+
+He laid a kindly hand on Don's shoulder.
+
+"You may tell your aunt that I gladly accept, and will come to her for
+instructions at once."
+
+The whole group who had been perfectly quiet as they waited, now broke
+into a jubilee of merriment.
+
+"We're going to live with Aunt Janice--always," Beth said,--"isn't that
+delightful?"
+
+"Quite delightful," Peter Greyson replied, as he looked round on the
+group. "We have these young visitors to the castle to thank for our part
+of the good times, because they found you, Marty and Jerry, away out here
+in the forest."
+
+"We were out on an adventure--" Nora's eyes were shining, "a happiness
+quest, to find someone to whom we might bring happiness. I read a story
+once like that, and we decided to go on this same quest."
+
+Marty clapped her hands gleefully--
+
+"You've brought happiness to three of us today, and in a way to 'Gem' and
+the kitten and the cat, too! Can we move today, grandfather?"
+
+Mr. Greyson, smiled down on his enthusiastic young granddaughter, with a
+shake of his head.
+
+"I must go up to the castle first, and make all arrangements with Miss
+Meredith. I think that it will be best for me to see her, Don, and so I
+shall give her the answer before you get there--then, you may start to
+pack up things and get ready for the move, Marty. I'll leave you young
+folks to gather the greens for the party tomorrow, and have your picnic
+together afterwards."
+
+"We will start to hunt them right away," Harry began, taking out his
+trowel, "because there's so much to do and we must make a beginning on
+our part, so all will be ready on time."
+
+"Aunt Janice says the cake will be the biggest the old kitchen has ever
+had baked."
+
+"With the whitest, loveliest icing," Alice supplemented.
+
+Everyone joined in the general laughter that followed Alice's speech.
+
+With a smile, then, Mr. Greyson was off down the trail that led out of
+the forest and on toward the castle beyond.
+
+Marty accompanied him for a short way along the path, her hand clasping
+his tightly, and Jerry remembering that he had forgotten to ask his
+grandfather something of importance, followed, to speak a word and return
+with Marty.
+
+The Merediths waited in a group, until they returned to start to gather
+decorations.
+
+"The chain of happiness for others, as well as for ourselves, is
+really growing," she began, her eyes following the three figures in
+the distance.
+
+"Oh, Nora--" Janey said, "let's always try to keep on finding hearts that
+need happiness."
+
+"Let's--" Beth agreed, and all of the others joined in accord in the
+lovely plan, that they had made theirs.
+
+"Dear Aunt Janice started it all by inviting us on a visit to the castle;
+now it's growing beautifully."
+
+"Because, you see, we are on a quest of happiness for others; our dear
+heavenly Father undoubtedly blessed such a quest, for He wants happy
+hearts. Only let us not forget that hearts must know our dear Lord Jesus
+to be crowned with happiness."
+
+"Crowned with happiness!" Janey repeated softly. "Remember our motto,
+Nora?--_I would look up--and laugh--and love--and--lift_--.'"
+
+
+
+
+
+
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+THE QUEST OF HAPPY HEARTS
+
+BY
+
+KATHLEEN HAY
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+CONTENTS
+
+
+CHAPTER
+
+    I. Plans
+
+   II. On the Way
+
+  III. A Glimpse of the Tower Room
+
+   IV. Plans for the Party
+
+    V. Exploring the Forest
+
+   VI. Marty and Jerry
+
+  VII. Talking over the Day
+
+ VIII. The Story of the Tower Room
+
+   IX. Adding to the Quest
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+CHAPTER I
+
+PLANS
+
+
+"Whoever heard of such a plan--a visit to Land's End! The very name of
+the place suggests the last spot on the globe; a great old house set down
+on the edge of a forest; and Dad called off on business for an indefinite
+period, but seemingly content to ship us on a wild goose chase. He's
+scarcely told us a word before of the place or of great-aunt Janice
+Meredith!"
+
+Nora's tones were dismal indeed, as she rushed into the living room to
+join the other girls to discuss their journey.
+
+She found the group the reverse of cheerful, at the prospect of this
+sudden change of plans, by the invitation to go to Land's End for a
+visit. "I have spent many happy days there with Aunt Janice and others,"
+Mr. Meredith had told them on leaving, "but since your uncle Harry's
+death, have been there seldom--some day--" just at that point he paused
+with a sigh, and changed from what he had started to say--"Be dutiful and
+very loving to Aunt Janice; now there's only time for good-bye."
+
+That was all they knew, entirely too little to satisfy the young
+Meredith family!
+
+"A visit to Land's End, what a prospect," Janey joined in sympathy with
+Nora; the two were near together in age, while Beth and Alice were
+younger. They sat listening to the complaints of the older girls, not yet
+having had a chance to express their views.
+
+"Great-aunt Janice may be a lovely old lady," Beth seeing a chance broke
+in, by way of consolation; she threw down her story book to join in the
+discussion and plans that were inevitable.
+
+The two brothers Don and Harry had gone to the station to see their
+father off and so the girls did not know their views as to what was
+to happen.
+
+"How can we tell what Land's End is like, it may be a--a--castle!"
+
+"Don't be silly, Beth--you must be reading a fairy tale!" Nora's tone was
+scornful, but in a moment she was sorry.
+
+Alice, the youngest of the Meredith's clapped her hands happily, however,
+at Beth's suggestion.
+
+"It _may be_ a real--palace, Beth--wouldn't that be delightful?"
+
+"Well, call it a castle of dreams, if you like," Nora began to smile,
+"it's no use crying over what can't be helped, because that wouldn't
+change the situation; if we _must_, that's settled. Dad has made the
+arrangements for us, by accepting the invitation, and there's nothing
+left to do but make the best of it after all!"
+
+Janey's face, as well as Beth's and Alice's began to brighten at Nora's
+changed attitude.
+
+"Land's End may be far happier to visit than we can dream of," Janey
+joined in quietly, "and now we had best get right to packing, for there
+isn't much time to lose."
+
+"Could we do a little shopping?" Beth asked, "there may not be any
+stores near."
+
+"We can't carry too much though," Nora said, by way of precaution,
+"however we must all remember to take Aunt Janice something; it's good of
+her to take us all in for an indefinite visit."
+
+"Only six additions of the Meredith family." At that they all began to
+laugh merrily, and good humor was restored.
+
+"Would you believe it, I've just begun to think of Aunt Janice's side;
+she doesn't know us at all, yet has invited us on a long visit. I just
+believe she must be a sweet, brave old lady!"
+
+Janey looked up quickly from preparations--"I'm sure Aunt Janice is a
+dear," she said pleasantly, "and I for one am going prepared to have
+a good time, and to try and cheer her up. Dad said we must be dutiful
+and loving."
+
+"What's _dutiful_?" asked Alice.
+
+Nora laughed. "There now, Janey--explain yourself."
+
+"Well, Alice, I think it will mean for us to be obedient, and respectful
+in trying to do everything to please Aunt Janice. I guess that is what
+Dad meant."
+
+Beth and Alice looked much happier; the visit to Land's End was growing
+more and more interesting, since Nora and Janey were beginning to be
+ashamed of their first attitude and trying to make amends.
+
+"There's a song that goes like this," said Janey:
+
+"'I would be true, for there are those who trust me,
+I would be pure, for there are those who care,
+I would be strong, for there is much to suffer,
+I would be brave, for there is much to dare'..."
+
+"I love to sing those words, don't you, Nora? There always seems a lot of
+things to _do_ in it, that are worthwhile."
+
+"There are a lot of worthwhile things to follow out in the song," Nora
+replied, "suppose we all sing it together, before we start to get ready
+for our journey?"
+
+They all crossed quickly over to the open piano in one corner of
+the room. Nora had taken music and so was the pianist of the
+family. She struck the opening chords, and then they all joined in
+singing it through.
+
+"'_I would look up--and laugh--and love--and lift_--" the music died
+away, while the girls remained in thought for a few moments. It was Nora
+who broke the pause, glancing around on the group who had always looked
+up to her.
+
+"I think the words are beautiful," she commented softly--"I somehow feel
+braver, when I sing them thoughtfully--'_I would look up_--_and
+laugh_--_and love_--_and_--_lift_!'"
+
+"I think I'll take that as my motto to try and follow."
+
+"I would like to also," Janey, too, was thinking hard.
+
+Then they broke up, happier because of the challenge in the song to
+worthwhile effort, and ready now to begin the preparations of the
+impending journey to Land's End!
+
+
+
+
+CHAPTER II
+
+ON THE WAY
+
+
+The next day was a busy one for the Merediths, but at last everything
+was ready, and bag and baggage they boarded the train and were off on
+the journey.
+
+"I wonder what it's all going to be like, really?" Nora and Janey peered
+out on the passing scenes, as they sped along.
+
+Directly in front of them were Beth and Alice, and beyond them, Don and
+Harry, who felt the responsibility of their position as protectors of the
+four girls.
+
+Don and Harry were also speculating.
+
+"I wonder how it ever came to be called _Land's End_?"
+
+"I believe Dad said the land ran up into a narrow kind of neck and so
+people, just trying to find a name, made it out of that, I suppose; it
+sounds rather mysterious however; who knows but what we _may_ run up on
+an adventure."
+
+Harry laughed.
+
+"Well, from its title it sounds rather quiet, but we won't have much time
+for speculation, and as you say we may run up on something quite exciting
+during our visit to the woods!"
+
+They chatted away merrily for awhile, until almost before they could
+realize the distance had passed so quickly, they were at their
+destination, while a voice was calling--"all off for Land's End!"
+
+Nora, Janey, Beth and Alice, Harry and Don, sprang to their feet in
+surprise, while eagerly peering into the dusk of the outside, to catch a
+glimpse of the scene awaiting.
+
+A sudden jolt warned them that the trip was over and gathering up their
+bundles they began to pile out.
+
+They were greeted at the train steps by a friendly man, who took them at
+once to a car not far distant.
+
+"Is _this_ Land's End?" Don inquired.
+
+"It is indeed," laughed their pilot, "did you imagine we all had to walk
+out here?"
+
+"I--I--really didn't know," Don replied, trying to be polite, while
+sticking to the truth.
+
+"_I_ thought perhaps it might be the end of the world!"
+
+Small Alice suddenly joined in the conversation from her corner, half
+hidden by packages and suit cases; after that the tension was over and
+they all talked merrily as they glided along.
+
+"Well, here we are, and there's Aunt Janice Meredith," Nora was the first
+to jump out and go forward to greet the small figure awaiting them in a
+flood of light, that stretched out in welcoming rays in all directions.
+
+"A very, very warm welcome to all of my Meredith nieces and nephews!"
+said the diminutive lady, holding out both hands in greeting.
+
+Alice nudged Beth, her eyes big with excitement.
+
+Their friendly pilot had said goodnight, and slipped quietly away,
+leaving them to themselves for the first meeting.
+
+"Come right in to supper, the old place hasn't had such a merry set for
+quite a while, and it does my heart good to have you."
+
+The old lady turned and led the way into a spacious dining room, where
+the table was set with the daintiest china and gleaming silver.
+
+The room also seemed filled with the softest most musical notes, that
+made the place seem to Beth and Alice like fairyland at once.
+
+"Now tell me about your journey," Aunt Janice began, after seeing to the
+comfort of each, because she declared, they must really be almost
+famished after the long trip.
+
+Soon they began to talk and the evening advanced in an unaccountable
+manner toward bedtime, so delightful were the hours of getting
+acquainted. When she felt they must break up, Aunt Janice led the way up
+the winding stair.
+
+"Good-night, and happy dreams!" she said, with a smile for all the group,
+"take a good rest now, and be ready for some good times tomorrow."
+
+"Oh, Aunt Janice, we're already having a lovely visit, and you are indeed
+kind to invite us for a stay in this beautiful, old house."
+
+"The more the merrier, my dear," she beamed on Nora. "All of you in turn,
+will make the old place far happier than it has been in a long while, and
+I shall be much helped by having you here."
+
+"Is it a fairy castle?" Alice had slipped one hand into the old lady's,
+as they stood talking together.
+
+"I think I'll wait a bit and let _you_ tell _me_ if it seems like a real
+fairy castle, Alice, after you've been here awhile."
+
+"That will be fun," Beth answered.
+
+Aunt Janice smiled.
+
+"Don't you believe in fairies? The fairies I believe in have always been
+welcome companions of mine, namely, the fairies of kindness, good
+thoughts and wishes and deeds; they drive out loneliness, if you let them
+live under your roof. Moreover, the world then seen is brighter because
+of their light."
+
+Alice beamed.
+
+"There is a little song that says, 'Brighten the corner where you are--',
+I love brightness and light, don't you, Aunt Janice?"
+
+"I believe we feel that way, Janey, because of the One who is the Source
+of all good thoughts, wishes and deeds and who said, '_I am the Light of
+the world_.' How desolate life would be without the light of His love,
+shed on dark pathways to make them shine!"
+
+Nora and Janey looked quickly into the old lady's face. They saw both
+sadness and gladness, smiling through.
+
+"I'm sure we're going to love it here," they said impulsively, as they
+threw their arms around the old lady to bid her goodnight.
+
+"I'm ever so glad that you feel that way; you may look forward to some
+happy hours and surprises, I hope--just wait and see!"
+
+Then Aunt Janice turned, and with a wave of her hand, disappeared into a
+room at the end of the long hall.
+
+
+
+
+CHAPTER III
+
+A GLIMPSE OF THE TOWER ROOM
+
+
+Not even the excitement of anticipation could keep the Merediths awake
+that first night of their visit to Land's End, but after a refreshing
+sleep, bright and early the next morning they were awakened by the sun
+shining through the green blinds that shaded the old castle windows.
+
+Also by Aunt Janice calling pleasantly, "Did you have a good night's
+rest, and are you ready to go down to breakfast now?"
+
+She beamed happily around on all the young Meredith's, as they hurriedly
+joined her at the top of the stairs.
+
+A little later at the breakfast table she asked suddenly,--"What shall
+the program be today; an exploring expedition into the forest--a trip to
+the city to shop, or perhaps a ride on the ponies and a visit to the old
+castle gardens?"
+
+"Oh," chorused the Merediths--"everything sounds so delightful, it's hard
+to choose!"
+
+Aunt Janice's eyes twinkled.
+
+"Perhaps I'd best help you out to begin with then--suppose you explore
+the gardens and the old place this morning; then by the afternoon, you'll
+be ready to choose what you'd prefer next. I shall not go along, but you
+are to feel perfectly at home; go anywhere you fancy--_only_--," Aunt
+Janice lowered her voice--"only pass quickly by the tower room at the
+extreme west wing--perhaps sometime--," the old lady paused, a sigh
+escaping her lips, that she forgot to stifle, but quickly remembering,
+brought back a bright smile, as she first led them in family prayers and
+then waved them off, bidding her young visitors to have a happy morning.
+
+"What a wonderful old place!" Nora was the first to speak, as they
+passed here and there examining one thing after another.
+
+"It certainly is," Harry's eyes were thoughtful. "I wonder why Dad has
+only dropped a word, here and there, of it, and about Aunt Janice. I
+hardly realized that she was real until we came and saw!"
+
+"It puzzles me, too," Nora agreed, "I keep thinking that maybe I'll wake
+up directly and find I've been dreaming."
+
+"And we thought Land's End was going to be the end of everything! The old
+place holds a mystery, and I can't but wonder what it is."
+
+The undercurrent of excitement was thrilling to the Merediths, as their
+thoughts turned to Aunt Janice's parting injunction about the tower room.
+
+"If there's anything bothering Aunt Janice, I'd do anything to help her
+out." Nora was speaking softly.
+
+"Perhaps we can help," Don said, "anyhow we can follow out her
+instructions, whatever they may be."
+
+"I love Aunt Janice," Alice joined in, "don't you?"
+
+"She's a perfectly darling old lady," Beth replied, a sentiment that
+expressed the feelings of all the Merediths.
+
+A sudden turn in their wanderings, revealed the mysterious west wing and
+tower room, that was uppermost, just then, in their minds.
+
+With its clinging ivy that covered the old walls, it looked more
+mysterious than they dreamed it would. In another moment, however, they
+remembered what Aunt Janice had said, and hurried on by.
+
+"I don't think we ought to look at it even at a distance," Nora remarked,
+"because I'm sure that room holds the secret that shadows the old place;
+for some reason Aunt Janice isn't ready to disclose it."
+
+"And _I_ believe that Dad would have told us all about the castle if it
+hadn't been for the mystery." Janey glanced back over her shoulder as she
+spoke, then gave a suppressed scream.
+
+"There's someone inside the tower room," she gasped--"I saw a
+handkerchief waving behind the ivy covered window!"
+
+"Hush!" Nora broke in hurriedly, "you imagined that, Janey--probably a
+white pigeon has flown in and can't find its way out again."
+
+"Imagined indeed!" Janey's voice was shaking with excitement, "I tell
+you that someone is there at this moment, peering through those
+overhanging vines."
+
+Alice began to cry softly, while Nora had to turn her attention toward
+pacifying the little girl.
+
+"Don't cry Alice, I think it is only a white pigeon that can't
+escape, and is flying back and forth to find an opening; there's
+nothing mysterious in that; now promise not to say anything of this
+to Aunt Janice."
+
+"I'll try to remember," and Alice dried her tears with Nora's words of
+comfort, and soon they caught up with the party ahead, and for the time
+being the incident was forgotten.
+
+The morning hours slipped rapidly along, but at last they had gone over
+the old place and gardens, which stretched around on all sides. With
+reluctance they then retraced their steps, thinking perhaps they were
+overstaying their time.
+
+Aunt Janice was standing in the door awaiting them.
+
+"Did you have a pleasant morning; and what do you think of the old
+gardens?"
+
+"Beautiful" and "Wonderful!" Their exclamations of delight and pleasure,
+were quite satisfying to Aunt Janice.
+
+"We're having the loveliest visit, and everything is charming."
+
+The old lady's face was a picture, as she smiled on the group, reacting
+to the breath of youth, again awakened in her heart, by these happy
+young visitors.
+
+"Suppose it could be managed, would all of you care to make the
+old castle your--home?" She spoke on impulse on hearing their
+words of praise.
+
+"Oh, Aunt Janice--" Nora replied quickly, "it would seem like the happy
+ending to a book!"
+
+"Perhaps it can be arranged then," the old lady clasped her hands
+together--"you could have all of the advantages of the near-by city, and
+yet we could have a merry time out here in the old homestead, if only
+Gwen--" she paused, suddenly remembering, and cut short the words
+unuttered.
+
+"Come--" she said, turning abruptly, "lunch is waiting, and I feel sure
+you must be ready for it, after the morning hours of exploration."
+
+
+
+
+CHAPTER IV
+
+PLANS FOR THE PARTY
+
+
+Luncheon over, the ponies were brought out from the stables, and as Don
+expressed it, they seemed ready-made for their visit.
+
+The boys were overjoyed as they mounted and galloped away down the long
+avenue for a ride; the girls at first being satisfied with a trot around
+the grounds on "Brownie's" broad back.
+
+After the delightful day had gone at last, tired but happy they gathered
+around Aunt Janice as she sat knitting.
+
+"You must have a fortune growing around the old place on all of those
+fine forest trees!" Harry commented.
+
+Aunt Janice looked toward the speaker quickly.
+
+"Well, I believe it is one of the finest in this part of the country; you
+may all take a basket of lunch and go out exploring there, if you like,
+soon--all varieties of lovely ferns grow about in damp places and you can
+bring some back to help make the old place look green and pretty inside,
+as well as on the outside, for we must get ready for a party."
+
+"A party--a party--" chorused several voices at once.
+
+"I see the plan meets with approval; all right then; I'll have a good
+lunch put up and you may spend the day, and wander around to your
+heart's content!"
+
+"How delightful!--and shall we play games, too?"
+
+Alice had come up close to Aunt Janice and placed one small hand in hers.
+"Isn't everything going to be just ever so happy?"
+
+"Happier by far than it has been for years, because of you young people
+to make it so, and last but not least, we shall have as many games in the
+program as you care to play."
+
+The next hour or so passed rapidly in discussing the plans for the party
+to be, and all of the Merediths including Aunt Janice, were sorry when
+the hands of the old grandfather's clock began to warn them of the
+breaking up hour.
+
+After they had separated for the night, Nora and Janey kept on talking of
+the delightful hours that they had spent.
+
+"I never dreamed that Land's End would be as beautiful as a dream story,"
+Nora remarked, "and I said such cross things about coming at first. I
+don't feel that I deserve this wonderful visit."
+
+"You didn't really mean them, Nora; nor did I. I'm sure Aunt Janice and
+Dad would understand."
+
+"I hope so, because I'm really sorry and ashamed."
+
+"I am afraid we all say things only too often that are so unworthy;
+wouldn't we have much more happiness, Nora, if we would heed the warning
+of the Bible to guard our tongue and not to judge our fellowmen?"
+
+"Y--es,--I suppose so. I think this place should be called the Castle of
+Delight, instead of Land's End; it would certainly be more appropriate."
+
+"I think so too," Janey agreed. "I wonder if we'll come across any people
+living in the forest?"
+
+"I wonder" Janey echoed. "Perhaps the old man who brought us from the
+station in Aunt Janice's car. He may live in there, and we might stop and
+invite him to the party."
+
+Nora laughed.
+
+"He isn't really old, Janey. I thought him pretty vigorous. Who knows
+though, whom we may find deep in the forest? We shall have to ask Aunt
+Janice though for permission to invite guests."
+
+"The more the merrier, sir, she said--
+While gazing on the tulip bed,--
+Come be our flower-guests, so sweet--
+And make our party quite complete!"
+
+"I didn't know you were a poetess, Nora! I'm sure Aunt Janice will let
+us have all the flower guests we want--from woods or garden."
+
+"The sooner we stop talking, the sooner morning will come again, and so
+good-night and sweet dreams, Janey."
+
+But Janey slipped out of bed and over to the window for one more look at
+the terrace, white and silvery in the bright moonlight.
+
+"Have you forgotten the mystery of the tower room, Nora?"
+
+Nora brushed back her brown curls, impatiently.
+
+"Come back to bed and to sleep, Janey--you probably saw, as I said, a
+white pigeon imprisoned in the room; dismiss the thought, and forget all
+about it."
+
+Janey was peering through the open window on the moonlit terrace below.
+
+"I'm sure a white figure went gliding by and disappeared among the trees.
+Come quick, Nora, and watch!"
+
+Janey's voice was shaking with excitement, and it was only after several
+minutes of remonstrance from Nora that she was persuaded she was acting
+foolishly to be hunting up mysteries in perhaps just a passing traveler,
+and so gave up and returned to bed.
+
+"Maybe you'll find out I'm right about the waving handkerchief from the
+tower room, and also about that passing figure. I think they're
+connected, so there, Nora--you just wait and see when the mystery is all
+cleared up!"
+
+With that thought foremost in her mind, Janey at last, fell asleep.
+
+
+
+
+CHAPTER V
+
+EXPLORING THE FOREST
+
+
+Bright and early after breakfast, the Merediths, bidding Aunt Janice
+good-bye, started out on their exploring expedition into the forest.
+
+"You may make a whole day of it, if you like," Aunt Janice had said, "and
+have a picnic dinner--only be careful."
+
+"We will--" they assented, "and as you don't mind if we stay all day, we
+can camp out, and play we're a gypsy band, and have lots of fun."
+
+The old lady smiled. Beth had run back for a moment.
+
+"Won't you be lonely?" she asked, but Aunt Janice thinking of their
+pleasure, had shaken her head.
+
+"Not since you'll be coming back to have supper with me; don't stay any
+longer than sundown."
+
+"All right," replied Don.
+
+"I nearly forgot," Nora began, "may we invite any one in the forest, whom
+we chance to meet?"
+
+Aunt Janice nodded in the affirmative, and at last they were off.
+
+The blue mist across the hills was melting into thousands of sparkling
+dewdrops, as the sun began to climb higher in the sky.
+
+Janey looked at the open scenery as they came to the edge of the
+shadowy forest.
+
+"I wish we were going to the hills to camp--it's dark in there, where the
+pathway is so shadowed by the forest trees!"
+
+Nora read her thoughts, and put a warning finger to her lips.
+
+"Don't be silly, Janey; don't you see Don and Harry ahead? We'll play
+that we are all going on a quest, and they will be our knights--there's
+nothing to fear."
+
+Janey's face brightened, and Beth and Alice, thinking only of the good
+time ahead, danced merrily along the way.
+
+"Wouldn't it be fun, if we found a little cabin, in the heart of the
+forest?" Don turned toward Harry to help with the basket of lunch, that
+he had been carrying since they left.
+
+Harry's eyes began to sparkle.
+
+"Maybe we will; I, for one, am out on a real adventure."
+
+"We're leaving the mystery of the tower room behind--" Janey paused,
+remembering that it was Aunt Janice's secret, after all, of which she
+spoke; yet she had not been able to shake off her nervous feelings, even
+though Nora had laughed at her fears!
+
+"I read a story once called, 'The Adventure of the Happy Heart.'"
+
+"What a pretty title, Nora--tell us about it."
+
+"The Happy Heart stood for anyone who tried to make someone, who was
+lonely, glad, every day or whenever the opportunity arose, on the road of
+life, as they adventured along its path."
+
+"What a lovely idea!" Janey cried. "Where did you find the story?"
+
+"In our Sunday school library; it all ended with the heart that started
+out to bring gladness into other lives along the way; because every happy
+heart in turn, made another happy, and the one who started it, was full
+to overflowing with joy, all of her days!"
+
+"Let's try and find someone today on our adventure."
+
+"There's no time like the present," Don stepped back, and pointed
+mysteriously through an opening in the trees ahead, that revealed at the
+end of a winding footpath, a real log--cabin!
+
+"Oh," gasped Janey, turning to catch Beth and Alice's hands--"maybe it's
+a gypsy hut!"
+
+"Don't be a goose-girl," laughed Don, "whoever heard of a gypsy settling
+down in one place; they are a wandering tribe."
+
+"We'll be the scouts and go ahead and bring back a report."
+
+Harry and Don started forward--
+
+"Brave knights of old--" Nora said softly, as the two disappeared down
+the trail, toward the unknown, in the shape of a small cabin at the end!
+
+"Well, this may be our chance to begin on our quest for happy hearts,"
+Nora, her eyes following the boys, spoke again.
+
+"I like adventuring for happy hearts, don't you?"
+
+"So do I--"
+
+"And I--"
+
+"And I!"
+
+"I believe Aunt Janice was the first one on our chain."
+
+"I believe you are right, Janey--" and Nora smiled around on the
+group--"we shall count her as the first link of joy on our quest of
+adventuring for happy hearts!"
+
+"Lovely!" exclaimed Janey--"I wonder who will be the next?"
+
+"I wonder, too--" Nora replied, as they watched the retreating "knights"
+disappearing down the shadowy forest trail!
+
+
+
+
+CHAPTER VI
+
+MARTY AND JERRY
+
+
+Don and Harry, starting down the trail, had cautioned the girls to wait
+where they were, until they received the signal to come and join them, or
+otherwise.
+
+"It may be just a deserted cabin that belongs to Aunt Janice, and that we
+can claim if she's willing--" then the boys had hastened on deeper into
+the forest.
+
+"Suppose--" Harry began, "that we find that the log cabin, so hidden
+away, has something to do with the secret of the tower room!"
+
+"Then we won't investigate, because Aunt Janice doesn't seem to want
+us to know."
+
+In another moment, as they came nearer the hut, voices could be heard
+speaking inside, and a dog began to bark furiously.
+
+"Be quiet, 'Gem'--down--down--who's there?"
+
+The boys, waiting a few feet away, replied, "Harry and Donald Meredith;
+we were just exploring and thought we'd come up and see if anyone was
+occupying the cabin, but your dog sounds mean."
+
+The door had opened by this time, while a boy, holding "Gem" by the
+collar, appeared.
+
+"Oh, 'Gem' is our protector, you see. Marty and I are alone at night
+sometimes, when Grandfather's away foresting; you are from the
+Castle then?"
+
+"We're visiting our Aunt Janice; she gave us a basket of lunch and said
+we might have a day of exploration."
+
+"Then, we were also to gather greens and wild ferns, for a party that she
+is giving for us later."
+
+"How nice!" a bright-eyed girl had joined her brother at the door.
+
+She nudged him quickly as a reminder.
+
+"Why don't you ask them in, Jerry?"
+
+The boy smiled--"This is Marty, my sister--and she's wondering if you
+won't come in--see, 'Gem' is quite friendly now, since he sees that you
+are also friends!"
+
+Don and Harry stooped to pat the small dog, capering around at
+their feet.
+
+"Thanks--" they both replied, "but we left Nora, Janey--Beth and Alice,
+behind; they were waiting for us to make a discovery here."
+
+The small girl clapped her hands impulsively.
+
+"Girls--" she cried, "there are girls too, Jerry!"
+
+Jerry looked as pleased as his sister--"Go and bring them along,
+Marty--they may be afraid of 'Gem.'"
+
+In a flash, Marty disappeared down the trail.
+
+Nora was watching and came to meet her. She noted at a glance, the worn,
+shabby red dress, but neat appearance, of the small stranger of the
+forest cabin.
+
+"I've come for you--" Marty began timidly--"Jerry said you were afraid to
+come nearer he guessed, but 'Gem' is friendly now--come!"
+
+Nora held out a hand in greeting.
+
+"We shall love to if you'll have us--" she smiled, as Janey, Beth and
+Alice joined her.
+
+"We want you all," Marty said at once, and indicated that they
+follow her lead.
+
+"This is our home--Jerry and I and Grandfather live here, together."
+
+"How nice! We are all on a visit to Aunt Janice Meredith, and I'm sure
+she'll be willing for us to come and see you often."
+
+Marty gave a little gasp.
+
+"The castle must be a grand place to live--but--" she hesitated,--"but
+one evening late, we were passing there, and I thought I saw something
+white waving from a window--Grandfather said though, not to say anything
+about it, but I forgot; he called it, the story of the tower room--Do
+you know it?"
+
+She looked inquiringly at Nora, who shook her head quickly.
+
+"Aunt Janice hasn't told us yet, but we know it makes her sad, and so we
+don't mean to try and find out, you see!"
+
+"It's a secret, I guess--" Marty continued, "and of course secrets
+must be kept."
+
+"We're making Aunt Janice happy again," Beth beamed, "she told us
+so herself!"
+
+They had gathered in front of the cabin now, and the boys began to cast
+wishful eyes at the lunch basket.
+
+"Let's have our picnic right here under this big tree, if Marty and Jerry
+are willing; it's been quite a while since breakfast!"
+
+"Oh, of course--it will be lots of fun to have you," they both joined at
+once in the invitation. "We usually wait for Grandfather for awhile, but
+if he's too long in coming, we have dinner without him."
+
+"You are to be our guests today though, and the more the merrier,--Aunt
+Janice said that of us; let's spread the table."
+
+Alice skipped around as they made preparations, running back and
+forth, and helping Marty with tumblers and a pitcher of cool water
+from the spring.
+
+Even the Merediths were not prepared for such a feast! Aunt Janice had
+everything good imaginable, packed to overflowing, in the basket; enough
+and more to spare, even after the hungry boys and girls, had eaten all
+they could, with "Gem" to do his part.
+
+"There's not quite enough left for another picnic!" Beth looked over the
+table and gave a little sigh.
+
+Everyone joined in the laugh that followed.
+
+"Why, you sound sorry," Nora said, "we'll leave the rest of the feast
+for Jerry's and Marty's Grandfather."
+
+Jerry's face brightened, although he began to demur, but Harry and Don
+ended the discussion at once, by declaring they would certainly not lug
+the heavy basket back again.
+
+"Won't you get hungry though?" Marty's eyes rested on the delightful
+things left.
+
+"No, indeed; supper will be waiting and ready, when we get back to
+the castle."
+
+"It's beginning to get late, too--we've stayed here so long, since
+finding you and Jerry in the cabin."
+
+"Please, don't go yet," Marty began, fearing Janey's remark was leading
+up to that point.
+
+"We promised Aunt Janice to be back by sundown, and we haven't explored
+very much of the forest," Nora smiled.
+
+"Then you'll come another day," Jerry proposed, "and Marty and I can go
+along too; I'm sure Grandfather will be willing."
+
+Another happy hour slipped by, and then the Merediths knew their time was
+really up.
+
+"I just wish you could all live here," Marty's eyes were beginning to
+look cloudy.
+
+"We'll come soon again, and of course you and Jerry are to be guests at
+the party, whenever it comes off."
+
+"Of course," Nora joined in with Janey, at once--"Aunt Janice told us
+that we could invite any one we met out here."
+
+Marty and Beth had caught hands at the mention of a party and were
+dancing around in a circle. Then Nora began laughing--
+
+"Why, we've had such a pleasant day, that we forgot all about digging up
+wild ferns to carry back with us."
+
+"The party won't be for awhile yet, and so after all we'll have a plenty
+of time," Don said. "I think Aunt Janice will agree that it's better to
+make another trip for them anyway."
+
+"I'm sure she will--" Beth had her arms around Marty, "and you and Jerry
+will know where we can find the prettiest ones."
+
+Good-byes were at last over, and they all waved until Marty and Jerry
+were swallowed up by the shadowy forest trees.
+
+"Forward--march--" ordered Don--"it's almost sunset!"
+
+"After a delightful day!"
+
+Nora spoke softly, as they followed the trail, that led out of the
+forest.
+
+"And, I believe, we've found two more on our quest for happy hearts," she
+ended, joyously.
+
+
+
+
+CHAPTER VII
+
+TALKING OVER THE DAY
+
+
+After supper was over, Aunt Janice gathered the Merediths in a circle
+around her, to talk over the happenings of the day spent in the forest.
+
+"What exciting adventure did you have?"
+
+There was a twinkle in the old lady's eyes, and Janey seeing it, knew
+that Aunt Janice was wondering what made them forget to bring back the
+ferns that they had set out so bravely to gather.
+
+"We truly did have a delightful adventure," they all chorused, in reply
+to her question--"and we could hardly wait to tell you about it."
+
+"Let's begin at the beginning."
+
+"Naturally," Don said, glancing over at Janey--"that's the right place
+to start."
+
+"--Don--Aunt Janice is waiting."
+
+"Well--we got deep into the forest, when suddenly, at the end of a long
+narrow path there appeared a--log cabin!"
+
+"We thought at first it might be a gypsy hut!"
+
+"Don't be silly, Beth--you've forgotten that gypsies wander from place
+to place."
+
+"Never mind," Aunt Janice spoke softly--"what did you find?"
+
+"Marty and Jerry and 'Gem'." Alice could wait no longer for a turn to
+speak.
+
+"She has climaxed the story before the climax!"
+
+They all joined in the general laughter that followed the youngest
+Meredith's remark.
+
+"You'd love Marty and Jerry, Aunt Janice," Nora said--"they are really
+delightful, and I'm sure you'll approve of our asking them to the party."
+
+The old lady smiled, as she looked around on the eager faces. She was
+thinking of Mr. Greyson, the children's grandfather, who had known better
+days, but on account of reverses, had been so reduced, that he had come
+out from the city and asked work of her as a forester. Old Peter Greyson
+was proud and would have nothing except what he earned.
+
+"Do you know Marty and Jerry?"
+
+"I know of them, but the grandfather is quite a worthy man, and I'm glad
+you discovered the children."
+
+"Do you think the grandfather will let them come?"
+
+Beth's mind was on the forthcoming party.
+
+"We shall certainly hope so. I'm sure if he could be made to see that he
+is depriving them of pleasure by keeping them so close, he would."
+
+"We'll find him and tell him," Janey planned.
+
+"We had a delightful picnic with Jerry and Marty; that made us forget
+about looking for the ferns for decorating."
+
+"After all the party is some time off, and you can make another
+expedition to find those."
+
+"I thought you'd say that," and Janey looked lovingly at the sweet face
+before her.
+
+"It would have done your heart good to see how Jerry and Marty enjoyed
+your delicious lunch."
+
+"To say nothing of ourselves!" Don supplemented.
+
+"Well, you may have another as soon as you like, and I'll be sure to
+include the Greyson's next time."
+
+"Land's End is the most delightful place in the world--" Janey threw her
+arms around Aunt Janice impulsively, while sudden tears brimmed over and
+splashed down her cheeks.
+
+"Why, my dear, you must be all tired out," the old lady began
+sympathetically. But Janey shook her head.
+
+"I was thinking that we don't deserve the jolly time you're giving
+us--at first when Dad told us of your invitation we--we--didn't want to
+come at all!"
+
+Nora looked crestfallen, also.
+
+Aunt Janice seeing the cause of their woe, immediately set their
+hearts at rest.
+
+"Why I don't blame you, not even a little bit, my dears--Land's End
+doesn't sound a bit inviting, if you don't really know anything about it;
+no wonder you felt regretful!"
+
+Janey's tears were quickly dried.
+
+"We didn't know you then, Aunt Janice."
+
+"Nor this lovely old castle and garden--"
+
+"Nor the forest--with Marty and Jerry living in it--"
+
+"Neither did we know that we were setting out, like Nora's story, on a
+quest for happy hearts."
+
+"I think that is a lovely quest to be traveling on; how far have you gone
+on the way?" Aunt Janice was all interest, as she included the whole
+group in the question.
+
+For a moment everyone was silent, then Nora broke the pause shyly--"We
+put you as the first Aunt Janice, on the quest for happy hearts, because
+you said we had brought gladness into your life. You're the golden link
+that began our chain of happiness."
+
+"Quite right--quite right--" Aunt Janice agreed heartily, almost
+overcome herself. "But now it's bedtime, so let us first of all thank
+our heavenly Father for our happiness and then go to bed. We all need a
+refreshing sleep."
+
+For a few minutes they all listened devoutly as Aunt Janice read the
+Twenty-third Psalm, after which they joined her in prayer and in the
+singing of the doxology. Then bidding Aunt Janice a hasty good-night,
+tired out with the day's adventure, the Merediths trooped away to enjoy
+the great blessing of sleep and rest.
+
+
+
+
+CHAPTER VIII
+
+THE STORY OF THE TOWER ROOM
+
+
+Tell us a story, please tell us a story, Aunt Janice!"
+
+"A story, Janey? . . . . What shall it be about?"
+
+"About the old castle in the long ago," Beth hastened to beg, for she
+too, dearly loved the story hour.
+
+The quiet moment seemed to have at last arrived, as they all gathered
+together on the broad veranda, in the twilight.
+
+The old lady smiled. "A story of long ago! It seems I shall hardly know
+just where to begin; in the long ago, there used to be merry parties,
+but--" just there she paused, and linked it up with the present--"now
+since you young people have come, it seems more as it did then."
+
+Aunt Janice's face was thoughtful, and for a few moments no one
+interrupted the thread of her thoughts.
+
+Outside the twilight deepened, and the stars began to shine down through
+the rustling trees, in the garden.
+
+"Do you think Dad may get here in time for the party?" Alice's tone was a
+tiny bit mournful, and Aunt Janice hastened to dispel any feeling of
+homesickness.
+
+"Who can tell? Perhaps he may surprise us at any time now; anyway, I'm
+sure he wants you to spend happy days at the old place."
+
+"We are, indeed we are!" chorused the Merediths together.
+
+Alice placed an arm around Aunt Janice's shoulder, and began
+coaxingly--"Tell us the story of the Tower room, please." In vain Nora
+shook her head, but Alice did not look up. "The first day that we went
+through the gardens, Janey saw something white waving from the
+window, but we hurried by, as you said, we must. Nora said, it was
+only a pigeon!"
+
+Alice had completely forgotten her promise, and dismayed, but helpless to
+stop her, the others sat around, speechless.
+
+Aunt Janice's face whitened with the request, but she patted gently the
+golden head against her shoulder.
+
+"The story of the tower room is a long one, dearie, but perhaps you
+should know it. I shall try and hurry through it. Your own father could
+tell you much of those happy days gone by; Harry, his brother, and senior
+by a good many years, married Gwendolyn Arlington, and they had one son,
+beloved by his parents to almost a painful degree. When he was about
+sixteen years old perhaps, he insisted that the only thing that he wanted
+to do, was to go to sea, and although it almost broke his mother's heart,
+they gave in to his whim. With his departure, the life of the old place
+also seemed to go.
+
+"In just a few months after that, a report was received that the vessel
+on which he had gone was lost with all the crew and passengers.
+
+"After the terrible news, your Aunt Gwen's health failed, and she lost
+interest in everything; finally after the death of your uncle Harry, she
+went into a complete melancholy, and retired to the seclusion of the
+tower room, with an attendant. In all of these seven years since the
+tragedy, she has remained there; only at night sometimes, she wanders
+around the old gardens. Perhaps if Janey hadn't seen the handkerchief
+waving from the window, I should never have told the sad story of the
+tower room!
+
+"The seasons have come and gone quietly since then, but this year I could
+stand it no longer. I had long wanted to see all of you dear nieces and
+nephews, and wrote asking your father's permission to have you for a
+long visit.
+
+"He consented, and wrote of his business call that came just about the
+same time. He has come by to see me now and then, but for this same
+feeling of gloom that it has cast over the place he has never told you
+the sad story either, nor had we planned your coming before for the
+same reason."
+
+Aunt Janice drew a breath of relief, as though after all in the telling a
+burden had rolled away.
+
+The rustling trees broke the surrounding stillness, then the tinkling of
+a silvery bell at the gate.
+
+"Who could be out on a visit so late?" The old lady peered through the
+shadows, as two figures advanced. The light streaming out from the hall
+revealed Donald Meredith and his brother Harry's son, supposed to have
+been lost seven years before!
+
+The Meredith's sprang forward to greet their father, while Aunt Janice,
+the story warm on her lips that she had just been telling, sat quite
+still, scarcely believing what her eyes saw.
+
+"Welcome, Donald--and--can it really be, or am I dreaming?"
+
+She stretched out her arms, while the stalwart form of Harry and
+Gwendolyn's son walked straight into the shelter of their love.
+
+Older of course, and careworn, because of those years of imprisonment
+among a savage tribe, yet the same! There was not time just then for the
+story of those years--how he alone survived in the shipwreck where all
+had been thought lost; of the struggle in the dark waters, but cast up at
+last unconscious on shore in the most uncivilized part of Africa where he
+had been a captive through the years. Then came the almost miraculous
+escape to a passing ship homeward bound!
+
+Later, there would be time a plenty for all of the details or as much as
+he saw fit to tell.
+
+Just a few low spoken words to Aunt Janice, and then he was off to find
+his mother--and who would draw the curtain aside on that scene?--The
+years seemed to roll back and link quickly with the present, while the
+tension broke. Gwendolyn, forgetting in the joy of the moment, the sorrow
+she had endured, came back to herself completely, and was even as she had
+been before!
+
+Mr. Meredith, with his family and Aunt Janice, were discussing the
+wonderful happenings of the day, when into the picture stepped Gwen and
+her son, adding their happiness to the hearts overflowing for them.
+Little Alice stood holding her father's hand, while Don, Nora, Harry and
+Beth, looked wide-eyed at the turn of events.
+
+"I wish," Alice broke into the silence, "that we might all stay
+here forever!"
+
+The tiny bright-eyed old lady, her loving heart ashine in her face,
+looked into the eyes of all of the happy group.
+
+"I'm sure that will be the most joyful way for us to spend the years;
+there is room and love in abundance for all; let's share them in the old
+castle together."
+
+The Merediths joined hands in delight at the suggestion. "A home with
+dear Aunt Janice! How delightful!" Nora voiced in words the thoughts they
+all would utter--"Tomorrow we must go into the forest and tell Marty and
+Jerry the wonderful news."
+
+"And bring back the ferns and vines for the party!"
+
+Alice and Beth were skipping around in excitement, that the grown-ups
+felt, but expressed in a quieter way.
+
+"Isn't it fine that you will be here for the party?" Janey was looking
+into her father's face as she spoke, softly--"Aunt Janice will be glad
+for us to show you around."
+
+The old lady smiled her assent; but just then did not remind Janey of
+the years he had spent around the old place.
+
+"Even Aunt Janice hasn't met Jerry and Marty," Beth said--"but you will
+both love them."
+
+"I'm sure we shall."
+
+Then Nora, thoughtful as usual, motioned the others into the next room.
+
+"Let's leave them to talk together," she whispered--"they have been
+separated so long."
+
+"The mystery of the tower room is gone forever!" Harry exclaimed.
+
+"I _did_ see a handkerchief waving from the window, that day,
+Nora;" Janey's tone was triumphant. "Wasn't Aunt Janice good to
+tell us the story?"
+
+"Alice--" Harry paused; for just then, no one felt like reminding her of
+the broken promise.
+
+"All's well that ends well--" Don remarked, with a wise shake of his
+head.
+
+
+
+
+CHAPTER IX
+
+ADDING TO THE QUEST
+
+
+"Aunt Janice--Dad--we're off for the forest again!"
+
+Don stood in the doorway, watching the two deeply engrossed in
+conversation, as he came up to announce their intentions.
+
+"Don't forget the lunch basket--and remember the wild ferns and greenery
+for the decorations." Aunt Janice reminded.
+
+"We surely will bring back some beautiful decorations this time; for
+tomorrow will be the party day!"
+
+Aunt Janice was as happy in her preparations as any of the younger
+Merediths, and had been busy already giving orders for the bountiful
+feast, for the whole day and evening was to be one of an entire
+"gala" occasion.
+
+Gwendolyn and her son, were as merry as two children, helping Aunt
+Janice with the plans wherever they could.
+
+"How very merciful God has been!" the old lady said softly, her gaze
+resting lovingly on the group waiting outside, in the sunlight of another
+beautiful day.
+
+"Oh, Donald--" she continued, "it seems almost too good to think of you
+and the dear children, coming to live here always, to gladden the years."
+
+"We should be truly grateful," Mr. Meredith replied, "and it shall be the
+greatest pleasure to take care of you and your affairs."
+
+Don had waited, not wanting to interrupt, and Aunt Janice seeing him,
+motioned that he come up to her side. In the happiness that had come to
+them all, she had not forgotten a plan that she had made for Marty and
+Jerry's grandfather and themselves.
+
+"I want you to take a message to Mr. Greyson for me, Don--tell him that
+the manager is returning to his home in the city, and that I shall be
+glad if he will consider the vacancy, and accept at once if he will. The
+house of course goes with the position."
+
+Don fairly exploded with the good news, as he rushed on out to catch up
+with the others, who had gone ahead. Nor did it take them long to find
+their new friends.
+
+Marty and Jerry with their grandfather, were coming down the trail that
+led out from the cabin. They saw the Meredith's approaching and hurried
+forward to greet them.
+
+Nora, Janey, Don, Harry, Beth and Alice, needed no introduction to Mr.
+Greyson, for much to their joy, they found him one and the same as the
+friend who had piloted them from the station, on the evening of their
+arrival at Land's End.
+
+After the warm greetings were over, Don couldn't wait another moment to
+break the news.
+
+"The mystery of the castle is over, for our cousin Harry has returned;
+he wasn't drowned at all, but kidnapped somewhere off the coast of
+Africa, in the most uncivilized region."
+
+"And--" Janey interrupted, "his mother, who shut herself up in the tower
+room, is perfectly well again."
+
+"We left them gathering flowers for the party!" Alice began, quickly
+joining in to have a part in the affair.
+
+"Wait--" Don spoke up again--"I want to give Aunt Janice's message
+first."
+
+Then, in a rush, it all came out--the words fairly running over one
+another for utterance, and ending with a glowing picture of the pretty
+house, nestled at the foot of the blue misty hills, "Please say you'll
+accept and move right in, Mr. Greyson; Aunt Janice really needs your
+help at once."
+
+Marty and Jerry stood waiting, their faces pictures of eager expectancy.
+The house that Jerry described and of which they had only seen the
+outside, seemed like a real palace to them.
+
+When their grandfather, without losing time, accepted the offer, their
+cup of joy seemed to overflow!
+
+He laid a kindly hand on Don's shoulder.
+
+"You may tell your aunt that I gladly accept, and will come to her for
+instructions at once."
+
+The whole group who had been perfectly quiet as they waited, now broke
+into a jubilee of merriment.
+
+"We're going to live with Aunt Janice--always," Beth said,--"isn't that
+delightful?"
+
+"Quite delightful," Peter Greyson replied, as he looked round on the
+group. "We have these young visitors to the castle to thank for our part
+of the good times, because they found you, Marty and Jerry, away out here
+in the forest."
+
+"We were out on an adventure--" Nora's eyes were shining, "a happiness
+quest, to find someone to whom we might bring happiness. I read a story
+once like that, and we decided to go on this same quest."
+
+Marty clapped her hands gleefully--
+
+"You've brought happiness to three of us today, and in a way to 'Gem' and
+the kitten and the cat, too! Can we move today, grandfather?"
+
+Mr. Greyson, smiled down on his enthusiastic young granddaughter, with a
+shake of his head.
+
+"I must go up to the castle first, and make all arrangements with Miss
+Meredith. I think that it will be best for me to see her, Don, and so I
+shall give her the answer before you get there--then, you may start to
+pack up things and get ready for the move, Marty. I'll leave you young
+folks to gather the greens for the party tomorrow, and have your picnic
+together afterwards."
+
+"We will start to hunt them right away," Harry began, taking out his
+trowel, "because there's so much to do and we must make a beginning on
+our part, so all will be ready on time."
+
+"Aunt Janice says the cake will be the biggest the old kitchen has ever
+had baked."
+
+"With the whitest, loveliest icing," Alice supplemented.
+
+Everyone joined in the general laughter that followed Alice's speech.
+
+With a smile, then, Mr. Greyson was off down the trail that led out of
+the forest and on toward the castle beyond.
+
+Marty accompanied him for a short way along the path, her hand clasping
+his tightly, and Jerry remembering that he had forgotten to ask his
+grandfather something of importance, followed, to speak a word and return
+with Marty.
+
+The Merediths waited in a group, until they returned to start to gather
+decorations.
+
+"The chain of happiness for others, as well as for ourselves, is
+really growing," she began, her eyes following the three figures in
+the distance.
+
+"Oh, Nora--" Janey said, "let's always try to keep on finding hearts that
+need happiness."
+
+"Let's--" Beth agreed, and all of the others joined in accord in the
+lovely plan, that they had made theirs.
+
+"Dear Aunt Janice started it all by inviting us on a visit to the castle;
+now it's growing beautifully."
+
+"Because, you see, we are on a quest of happiness for others; our dear
+heavenly Father undoubtedly blessed such a quest, for He wants happy
+hearts. Only let us not forget that hearts must know our dear Lord Jesus
+to be crowned with happiness."
+
+"Crowned with happiness!" Janey repeated softly. "Remember our motto,
+Nora?--_I would look up--and laugh--and love--and--lift_--.'"
+
+
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