Surely aunt would let her come for a few weeks. I have written to her
about it before, but she would not let her come unless she was positively
needed, and I do think she is now. She must be quite a young lady by this
time, and would be such a help and comfort. I believe I will write and ask
her again."
That night, while Dexie sat up with her father, the letter was written, and
Guy dropped it in the letter-box on his way home, and in less than a week,
to Dexie's great joy, Louie came rushing into the house, as fresh and
strong as any little country lassie.
Her coming did, indeed, make a great difference in the house, as Dexie
expected. She brought such a new atmosphere into it with her quick,
outspoken criticisms, that she worked quite a revolution.
Then she had so much that was new to tell them all, and it was told in such
a breezy way, that her father brightened up as he listened. Her aunt had
not sent her empty-handed either, for she had a loving and tender heart
under a rather harsh exterior, the cold looks with which all sentiment was
frowned down seemed but the rough, hard shell which covered a noble and
generous disposition.
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