I thank you most sincerely, but you must give me time to look
at it and think of it. You are sincere, you are in earnest, you mean all
you say. I see that in your face; but I must reflect and take counsel
upon such an important step. Go now, dear Thurston, and return to me at
this hour to-morrow morning."
Thurston pressed her hand and departed.
The same day Edith had a visit from Mrs. Waugh, Miss Thornton and other
friends. And after consulting with them upon the proposal that had been
made her, she decided to leave Miriam in the joint guardianship of Mrs.
Waugh and Thurston Willcoxen.
And this decision was made known to Thurston when he called the next
morning.
A few days after this Edith passed to the world of spirits. And Thurston
took the orphan child to his own heart and home.
CHAPTER XXVIII.
IN MERRY ENGLAND.
When Marian recovered consciousness she found herself on board ship and
a lady attending to her wants. When she was at last able to ask how she
came there the lady nurse told the following story:
"On the evening of Holy Thursday, about the time the storm arose, our
vessel lay to opposite a place on St. Mary's coast, called Pine Bluff,
and the mate put off in a boat to land a passenger; as they neared the
shore they met another boat rowed by two men, who seemed so anxious to
escape observation, as to row away as fast as they could without
answering our boat's salute.
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