CHAPTER 18
An Austin Family Christmas
Priscilla was on the road again. With a sigh of relief at leaving the Ohio Senate behind, she had locked her front door, slid her luggage into the trunk of her dear Mustang and took off for Prendergast again.
As she pulled onto the familiar interstate, on the car radio she heard “Home for the Holidays.” She was eager to be going home, yet she knew that what would be most memorable about this Christmas was that it was likely to be the last Nelson ever enjoyed. It would be a real family reunion, and as joyful as the determined family could make it. So far as Priscilla knew, all the children and grandchildren, except for Ellen and Nelson, Jr., would be coming home.
All the way, the weather was predictably cold and snowy. As the Austins often pointed o
