Do as you please!"
"Thank you, sir," said Cap, demurely.
"And now, Cap, one thing is to be noticed. Herbert says, both in
your letter and in mine, that they were to start to return the day
after these letters were posted. These letters have been delayed in
the mail. Consequently we may expect our hero here every day. But
Cap, my dear, you must receive them. For to-morrow morning, please
the Lord, I shall set out for Staunton and Willow Heights, and go
and kneel down at the feet of my wife, and ask her pardon on my
knees!"
Cap was no longer divided between the wish to pull Old Hurricane's
gray beard and to cry over Him. She threw herself at once into his
arms and exclaimed:
"Oh, uncle! God bless you! God bless you! God bless you! It has come
very late in life, but may you be happy with her through all the
ages of eternity!"
Old Hurricane was deeply moved by the sympathy of his little madcap,
and pressed her to his bosom, saying:
"Cap, my dear, if you had not set your heart upon Herbert, I would
marry you to my son Traverse, and you two should inherit all that I
have in the world! But never mind, Cap, you have an inheritance of
your own. Cap, Cap, my dear, did it ever occur to you that you might
have had a father and mother?"
"Yes! often! But I used to think you were my father, and that my
mother was dead.
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