"I am so glad," cried Grace when she heard the news. "Lu wanted to give you your first grandson, and now she has got her wish."
"I fully appreciate the affection which prompted the wish, and am glad, especially for her sake, that it has been granted," returned the captain with a look that said even more than the words.
"As I am," said Dr. Harold; "especially as I know that it was Chester's wish as much as hers."
The Torriswood folk had come in with the Travillas, and now expressed their gratification at the news.
"A little nephew for us," exclaimed Maud. "And I am glad for Chester as well as Lu, as it seems he wanted it; but I'm glad our baby is a girl that we could name for dear Cousin Elsie," giving a warmly loving look to Grandma Elsie as she spoke.
"As I am," said her husband, adding, "and I only hope that a close resemblance in both looks and character may accompany the name."
"As I do in regard to my little darling," said Sidney and Dr. Johnson, speaking simultaneously; then they laughed, and Sidney added, "I shall write to the happy parents, offering my warm congratulations."
"And I shall do likewise," said Maud, "telling them I am glad I am aunt to the wonderful little chap."
"And I shall write to Lu that she may consider me both his cousin and his grandma," laughed Violet.
"Oh, mamma," exclaimed her daughter Elsie, "you know I don't like to have you called a grandma. It sounds as if you were old, and you are not at all old."