[{"node":{"title":"Hanna221","Collections":"Part Three","Contributor":"Linen Hall Library","Coverage":"1951","Creator":"Linen Hall Library","Date":"Thursday, April 7, 2016","Format":"TIFF","Identifier":"Hanna221","Item Description":"Manuscript","Keywords":"Frank, Hedge","Language":"English","Path":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/hanna221","Publisher":"Linen Hall Library","Relation":"Linen Hall Library","Rights":"Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike CC BY-NC-SA","Scanned image":{"src":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/sites/default/files/Hanna221_0.jpg","alt":""},"Source":"LHL Archive","Transcript":"\ufeff214\n\nhedge to her left, and then Frank\u2019s voice calling\nquitely \u2019Andra!\nHi, Andra!\" She raised her head over\nthe screen of daisies and saw Andrew looking over his\nshoulder expectantly. Frank called again and she\nwatched the boy drop his spade and walk round the rig\nof the field beyond the rath. Creeping stealthly\nacross the garden she peered through the hedge. Frank\nhad climbed up through the young corn and was seated\non a tumbled mound of the rath in such a way that she\ncould clearly see his face. The boy stood before him,\nwaiting for the man to speak.\n\n8\"Aye, Frank? Ye called me?\"\n\n\"I called ye son, I wanted a word wi\u2019 ye.\" The\nboy waited obediently before the man, but as the\nseconds dragged past in silence, stirred and glanced\nimpatiently over his shoulder. \"I wanted tee - \"\nFrank halted again and Sarah saw the mounting resolve\nin his eyes. She tensed herself to break through the\nhedge when to her amazement Frank caught the boy to\nhim and burst into tears. \"My wee son!\" he cried \"My\nwee son!\" She saw Andrew look round in distress, and\nthen lay a soothing hand on the bowed head of the cripple.\nShe crept down from the hedge, and stole back across the\ngarden, as silently as she had come.\n","Type":"Text"}}]