Christmas on Fifth Avenue by Alice Barber Stephens
After learning that Fred has taken his girl, Buck Crenshaw advises his sister Thankful against marriage.
Buck and Thankful could hear their parents bickering below them in the parlor.
“I wish they would just divorce!” Thankful complained.
“Marriage is foolish,” Buck said, feeling even more hopeless. “I won’t consider it again.”
“You say that now, but one day . . .” Thankful began.
“It’s impossible,” Buck insisted, closing the subject. “And what about you, sis? Anyone in town who strikes your fancy?”
Thankful played with her curls and rolled her eyes. “No, no one who’s in town.”
“So someone who’s gone out of town then?” Buck laughed. “Someone I know?”
“Yes, but he hasn’t noticed me and he’s in the West.”
“Not William?”
“I know you don’t like him, but. . .” Thankful began.
“He’s a moron!” Buck moaned…
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