Remember she is my _only_ and darling child--very near and dear to me still, in spite of the sad estrangement between us." "Ah! then papa has not forgotten me! he does love me still--he calls me his darling child," murmured the little girl, dropping her tears upon the paper.

"Oh, how glad, how glad I am! surely he will come back to me some day;" and she felt that she would be very willing to be sick if that would hasten his return..