YOURS WITH ALL MY HEART 



and I was not far-sighted, but the moment 

 she turned toward the house, her very first 

 movement told me, and, with a glad cry, I 

 bounded to the front hall, aunt Mary fol- 

 lowing eagerly, and, before the door could 

 swing wide on its hinges, I was in mamma's 

 arms to claim a thousand kisses and caresses. 

 The long lost was found ! But with a sudden 

 fear at my heart, I stopped and looked with 

 searching gaze in her face. 



Where was my dear papa? I ran back 

 and forth between her and the door; I vi- 

 brated between joy and sorrow. Aunt 

 Mary turned the same look of swift inquiry 

 on mamma, as soon as the first eager greet- 

 ing was past. 



"He is here," said mamma, "but we 

 feared it would be too much for little Fairy, 

 so he stayed behind at the driveway en- 

 trance with the doctor, who was watching 

 for us there." 



I caught at her meaning and cleared the 

 steps with a bound, just in time for papa, 

 who was hurrying up, to catch me in his 

 welcoming arms, while I went all over him, 

 kissing, crying, quivering with delight. And 

 so we were all re-united. 



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