The Promise

Life is sweet for Mary Carlson. The 20^th century is more than a decade old; she is nearly eighteen years old and is finishing up her senior year at Jubilee Junction High School. And she is experiencing her first romance. Charlie O'Connor has started leaving sweet notes for her and has asked for her hand in marriage. She spends time each day filling her lovely cedar chest, the one Papa made for her sixteenth birthday and carved with beautiful roses and vines on top, with pillowcases, towels,...