Mrs. Bob: A Novel — page 244: what you’re looking at

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236 CRAIG HAS IT ALL ARRANGED. ‘'My father ?”’ ‘Without a doubt. I have just come from him— we have had a long talk and considered the matter on every side. Let me tell his story.’’ He goes on. | By degrees all is known, and Gypsy learns that not . only has she found a father, but that there is a Chance of a mother being restored to her. ‘Tt is almost too’good, Bob—my cup is running over with gladness. Is he in the hotel? Oh, send for him, bring him to me, my poor, long-suffering father,’’ she says, with deep emotion. CHAPTER XXVIII | CRAIG HAS IT ALL ARRANGED. So they burst into the little parlor. Gypsy is there, steadying herself against a chair; she and the Senator gaze upon each other with eager eyes, while practical Bob closes and locks the door. Contrary to all custom, under similar conditions, not a word is said. Senator John advancesa step, and looks unutterable things. Bob’s wife, unable to longer control her natural feelings, springs forward and is caught in a parent’s arms. } John Archer, holding his child thus, close to his heart, looks up as he says, reverently: ‘‘I thank Heaven for this great blessing. It is more than I deserve.”’ CEORMMIE OOOKS., COT)