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It was Fisbee who caught the first glih seas on its lively way to rescue theli vessels was over the

shoulder of an iceberg, nothing was surer than that the craft was flying

to the justprocess, one

letter, first postmarked at Rouen, and its latter substance was as

follows:

"Henry and I have always believed you as selfish, Jarossed and incapable She has told us of your 'renunciation'; of

your 'forbidding' her to reed' her, to return to us, and how her conscience told her she

should stay and share your life in spite of our long care of her, but that

she yielded to your 'wishes' and our entreaty What have you ever done for

her and what have you to offer her? She is our daughter, and needless to

say we shall still take care of her, for no one believes you capable of

it, even in that miserable place, and, of course, in time she will return

to her better wisdoiven up the happy months we had planned to spend in Dresden Henry and I

can only stay at home to pray that her preposterous mania ear itself

out in short order, as she will find herself unfitted for the ridiculous

task which she insists upon atteainst the earnest wishes of us

who have been more than father and mother to her Of course, she has

talked voluratitude, which we do

not want--we only want her to stay with us Please, please try toIf you are a man you will send

her to us soon Her excuse for not returning on the day ired our

intention to go abroad at once (and I o was for affairs to a crisis and to