"Father! Father!"
"Dinah! My dear, I've come to take you home with me!"
After that Jim Blewett beat a hasty retreat, for he knew his share in the work of reconciliation was done.
"This has been the most wonderful Christmas I ever remember!" Maggie said seriously, when, her mother having become more composed, the children were introduced to their grandfather.
"And this—the sight of your dear face, father—is the crowning joy of all," Mrs. Blundell said gladly. "I never thought you would come to London to look for me."
"Well, you see, it was Mr. Blewett's doing."
"God bless him! We've much to thank him for."
"He gave us the doll, my dear Rose," said Annie, "and he brought the doctor to see me."
The little girl looked into her grandfather's face appealingly.
"You won't take me away from mother and Maggie will you?" she asked.