“Ah,” said the old earl, later in the evening, as he took the hand of his beautiful ward and gave it into the loving grasp of his grandson, “If your parents are permitted to look down from the celestial abode, and can behold the things we do here on earth, I believe, in my deepest heart, they will bless me for that which now I do!”
THE END.
Transcriber’s note
Silently corrected typographical errors and inconsistencies; retained non-standard spelling.