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Before it ended, he went home I offered to ith hio to sleep He pro He did, very late, but we spent reed to come to dinner when my mother threatened to have Mrs Geary cook it at his house if he didn't

The following day Uncle Roy went back to work He couldn't sit around andwould at least occupy his o back with him He remained home I called, but he was very secretive about what he was doing, telling me he would call me later

Later ran on and on into the late afternoon Moain, but Harley didn't come with him this time Uncle Roy made excuses for him and said maybe it was better Harley had some time to himself

"I'll try to get him back to work in a day or so," he promised

I called after dinner but Harley didn't answer the phone I wanted to go over there to see why not Mommy stopped me however,

"Sometimes people need sorieve in his oay," she advised

Reluctantly I listened and went up to my room to read and watch television so I wouldn't think about him It was difficult I don't kno many times I went to theto look across the lake at his house He didn't have many roams lit, and I wondered if he was even there I hadn't heard the sound of hisdown at the lake

What could he be doing all day and all night? I wondered I worried so ht it would just be io to sleep I tried, of course I prepared for bed and slipped underto the sounds in the house Daddy and Moo and were in their rooroans in the su different and listened very hard It made my heart thump faster

Footsteps in the hallere barely audible but I heard the and sat up to see Harley

"Su here?"

He didn't answer immediately He stepped in and closed the door behind hih thefor me to see him hurry to my bedside He sat quickly

"What is it?" I asked

"I spent all day going through s she had buried in boxes in our attic closet There were so s fro, letters and memories, ribbons and pictures of her family I don't knohy she never showed them, but she didn't"

"Oh," I said thinking it was a very natural thing for him to have done, You want to hold onto thethat would help

"Then I found it," he announced excitedly