And then a few, dear, faltered words changed the desert into a garden that reached to the rim of the world.
"I love you.

I didn't mean to tell you quite yet, but I.....
I....." "I know.

And it makes me so happy." * * * * * You never saw anybody so delighted as Dad was when we told him.
"This makes me glad clear through," he said.

"Blakely, boy, I couldn't love you more if you were my own son.

Elizabeth, girl, come and kiss your old Daddy." "And you aren't surprised, Dad ?" "Not a bit." "He's known I've loved you, all along.