When she thanked her new mamma, she was told, "Your father pays for them all, dear."
Then she went to him with tears in her eyes, and putting her arms round his neck, thanked him for all his goodness, confessing that she did not deserve it.
"You are very welcome nevertheless, daughter," he said, "and all I ask in return is that you will be good and obedient."
Vi wished to return to Lulu the pink coral ornaments, but that he would not allow.
It was a great disappointment to Lulu, for she admired them extremely, but she showed herself entirely submissive under it.
CHAPTER XXIII
MAX.
"Papa," said Max one morning, as they rose from the breakfast-table, "I feel as if a long walk would do me good. I'd like to go farther down the beach than I ever have yet."
"Very well, my son, you may go, only keep out of danger and come home in time for dinner," was the indulgent rejoinder, and the lad set off at once.