"I'm down for Christmas with Uncle Edward," Ruth explained; and
before the Colonel had fully realized it they were chatting happily
together like old friends. Suddenly the girl exclaimed: "Colonel
Fairfax, I know you'll be glad to hear that Dad and the Major are
friends again."
"Indeed I am!" agreed the Colonel heartily. "In the old days we would
have laughed at the man who could possibly have suggested a quarrel for
the Verney twins."
"Nothing but a cruel war could have done it," said the girl quietly.
"What does it matter now," she demanded impetuously, "if Daddy did
fight for the North and the Major for the South? It's all so long ago
that a quarrel about it is foolish."
The Colonel cleared his throat. "Yes, it is foolish," he admitted.
"You see," Ruth leaned eagerly forward, "I met a man who knew the
Major, and he praised him so highly that I lay awake all one night
thinking what a pity it was that two such splendid men as Daddy and his
brother should still be enemies over an old bygone war. You know,
Colonel, they would have been friends ages ago, only each was too proud
to make the first advance.
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