Serena and Mrs. Lynne left New Orleans forever and returned to the North; but first Beatrix nobly settled upon them the little fortune which Celia Ray, her own mother—how strange it all seemed!—had bequeathed to her.
And now, as happy as mortals can be, Beatrix and Keith Kenyon live in the grand old Dane mansion with the old man whose wickedness had so nearly wrecked both their lives. He is a repentant old man now—good and kind to everybody. Doctor Darrow is a welcome visitor there, and a bonny boy with soft, dark eyes and golden hair is called Douglas Darrow Kenyon, while a golden-haired tot of three years—a veritable sunbeam—is named Angela. And every day of her life Beatrix Kenyon thanks God from the depths of her grateful heart for saving her from that fearful curse—her dark inheritance.
THE END.
[Transcriber's Notes:]
The original edition contained several pages of advertising at the end; these have not been reproduced here.
Retained some inconsistent hyphenation (e.g. bedside vs. bed-side).
Retained some inconsistent accents (e.g. role vs. rôle).
Page 146, changed "intervenes" to "intervened."
Page 155, changed "unkept" to "unkempt."