Will Mamselle Grace read ?" Grace obediently took the letter from the envelope.
"My dear Jean:" she read.

"How can I ever forgive myself for neglecting you so long?
I can only say that though I have failed to make good my promise to write, you have never been forgotten by me.

Jean, I am sorry you didn't come here with me.

I found gold, more than I can spend in a lifetime, and I have made you a stockholder in my mine.

I am coming back to the States next spring and will look you up first of all.