You don't need to be told that no
woman alive has more of these very qualities.
"Bless your dear old heart, Harry,--you deserve to be shaken to
death if you're not the happiest man alive. I MUST hurry home and
see you both with my own eyes, and learn to believe that all this
wonderful glorious thing has come to pass. Give Alice a sister's
kiss from me (if you know how to give more than one kind), and
give my cherubs a hundred each from the mother that wants to see
them so much.
"With love and congratulations,
"HELEN."
The other letter, which I opened with considerable reverence and
more delight, ran as follows:--
"HILLCREST, June 29, 1875.
"DEAR FRIEND HELEN:--Something has happened, and I am very happy,
but I am more than a little troubled over it, too, and as you are
one of the persons nearly concerned, I am going to confess to you
as soon as possible. Harry--your brother, I mean--will be sure to
tell you very soon, if he hasn't done so already, and I want to
make all possible haste to solemnly assure you that _I_ hadn't the
slightest idea of such a thing coming to pass, and I didn't do the
slightest thing to bring it about.
"I always thought your brother was a splendid fellow, and have
never been afraid to express my mind about him, when there was no
one but girls to listen.
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