Would you?
And don't you think Grandpa Dinsmore was very hard on me to say I must?
I don't think anybody but my father has any right to punish me in that way, and I don't believe you would say he had.
"Dear papa, won't you please write soon again and say that you forgive me ?" But we will not give the whole of Lulu's letter to her father.

She had something to say of her own and Max's distress over the report that his vessel was supposed to be lost, of the sickness of the dear little sisters, the pleasant time she was having at Magnolia Hall, etc.
The letter and report together made quite a bulky package; Mr.
Embury--not being in the secret of the report--laughed when he saw it, remarking that "she must be a famous letter-writer for so young a one." Lulu rejoiced when it was fairly on its way to her father, yet could not altogether banish a feeling of anxiety in regard to the nature of the reply he would send her.
Grace and Baby Elsie improved steadily till they were quite well and past the danger of a relapse.
All the members of the Viamede family gathered there again as soon as the physicians pronounced it entirely safe to do so; and a week or two later, when the little ones seemed quite strong enough for the journey, they all set out on their return to Ion, where they arrived in safety and health; received a joyful welcome from Edward, Zoe, other relatives and friends gathered for the occasion, the servants and numerous dependants, and found their own hearts filled with gladness in the consciousness of being again in their best-loved home.
THE END..