And if she loves him won't she want to be good to his children?
I should think so, I'm sure.

Now let me read the rest of his letter." In that the captain went on to tell of the cottages by the sea engaged for the summer, and that thither he and Violet purposed to go the next week, taking his children with them.

He wound up with some words of fatherly affection and hope that brighter days than they had known for a long time were now in store for them.
There was a postscript from Violet: "I am longing to see the dear children of my husband, especially poor, little sick Gracie.

I am sure we shall love each other very much for his dear sake." "There now, Lu, you see she means to be kind to us," was Max's satisfied comment, as he refolded the missive and put it back into the envelope.
Lulu was one who never liked to retreat from a position she had once taken.

"Oh, it's easy to talk," she said, "acting's another thing.