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Leaving the house, Lulu turned southward toward Sunset Heights, and strolled slowly on, gazing seaward for the most part, and drinking in with delight the delicious breeze as it came sweeping on from no one knows where, tearing the crests of the waves and scattering the spray hither and yon.
It had grown cloudy and by bedtime a steady rain was falling, but unaccompanied by much wind, so that no one felt any apprehension of shipwreck or other marine disaster, and all slept well. The next morning Lulu was, as usual, one of the first to leave her berth, and having made herself neat for the day she hurried upon deck. It had ceased raining and the clouds were breaking away.
"What for?" asked Gracie, with a frightened look. "Dunno, s'pect you fin' out when you gits dar." "Betty, you're a saucy thing," said Lulu. "S'pect mebbe I is, Miss Lu," returned the little maid with a broader grin than before, apparently considering the remark quite complimentary, while she held the door open for Gracie to pass out.
He laid down the letters and took the cover from the machine as he spoke, then supplied her with paper and envelopes, put a sheet into the machine, and began dictating. They made quick work of it, and had finished in about half an hour. Violet joined them just as Lulu took the last sheet from the machine. "Oh," she said, "I see you are busy; but I will not interrupt."
With the six dollars and eighty-three cents left from their capital the Applebys were the possessors of almost thirty-five dollars! "Gee! if we only had two or three times that amount we could run away and start again in New York, and not let Lulu make us over into a darned old elderly couple!" Father exulted. "Yes," sighed Mother.
"Thank you, sir," said Grace, and hurried upstairs to her sister's door. "Please, Lu, let me in," she cried. "Grandpa Dinsmore said I might come." "Did he?" returned Lulu, admitting her. "Well, it must have been altogether for your sake, not a bit for mine; his heart's as hard as stone to me."
The weather next day was favorable, and the shopping a decided success. The ladies and little girls returned somewhat weary with their exertions, but in fine spirits, Lulu feeling particularly happy over a present for Rosie, which every one thought was sure to be acceptable.
I had already heard it from the servants who were eye-witnesses, and I only wanted further and undoubtedly reliable testimony." "I think," said Edward, "that Lulu really had no idea what it was she was kicking at. I happened to be out in the grounds, and coming round the corner of the house just in time to catch her look of horror and despair as she half turned her head and saw the baby fall."
She had not gone far when Grace came tripping over the sands to meet her, her face sparkling with delight as she held up a note to view, exclaiming, "See, Lu! papa did not forget me; it came inside of mamma's letter." "Oh, Gracie, I am glad," said Lulu; "but it would be very strange for papa to remember the bad child and not the good one, wouldn't it?" she concluded, between a sigh and a smile.
Arriving at this conclusion, he looked up and saw his niece Lulu leaning against one of the white pilasters supporting the piazza. He regarded her a moment curiously, as one may look at a lovely picture.
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