Miriam's Secret
“Bland’s gift to Miriam. She was glad for Miriam, Shirley told herself. She really was, but what a shocking surprise. And Daett’s acceptance of the gift was the biggest surprise. Yah, he claimed repeatedly the farm would be Miriam’s once she married, but in the meantime he planned to farm Mr. Bland’s old place. Well, at least the family wouldn’t be so poverty stricken now. She was glad for that.
In the meantime, her fresh resolutions since Monday night not to call Jonas again had drifted ever further away. This news didn’t help. If Miriam had a farm she could move on to once she married, where would that leave Shirley and the rest of the family? In the same place there were right now—poor! She didn’t need that reminder at this crucial moment of temptation. Yet there it was. Poverty was still staring her in the face.
She shouldn’t be bitter, Shirley chided herself. And she didn’t want to be. But then she needed to look after her own interest too, which just might include Jonas Beachy.
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