Chapters 12-13 Summary

Chapter 12. Pappa comes to Astoria in spring and tells them that Grandmother Patience has died from an outbreak of scarlet fever. Mamma needs May Amelia and Wilbert to come home and help care for Wendell, who also has the fever. This time May Amelia agrees to return home, even though she is still reluctant to return to the family she feels does not want her. May Amelia takes over the care of Wendell in his illness. As Wendell appears to grow worse, May Amelia decides to go to Jane and ask for a cure. Jane gives them a tonic that appears to have the desired effect. Wendell's fever breaks the next morning.

Chapter 13. May Amelia is sad now that she is home because everything reminds her of baby Amy. However, Wilbert points out that their neighbor Lonny, whose mother died of...