I loved him with all my heart . It has always been my wish to come back and visit his grave , but I have never been able to come , my home has been so far away . I expected to find it neglected . I can not tell you how pleased and touched I am to find it kept so beautifully . Thank you over and over again , my dear child ! '' `` Then you 're not cross , ma'am ? '' said Freda eagerly . `` And I may go on looking after it , may I ? Oh , it just seems as if I could n't bear not to ! '' `` You may look after it as long as you want to , my dear . I will help you , too . I am to be at East Point all summer . This will be our grave -- yours and mine . '' That summer was a wonderful one for Freda . She had found a firm friend in Mrs. Halliday . The latter was a wealthy woman . Her husband had died a short time previously and she had no children . When she went away in the fall , Freda went with her `` to be her own little girl for always . '' Mrs. Wilson consented grudgingly to give Freda up , although she grumbled a great deal about ingratitude . Before they went they paid a farewell visit to their grave .
Mrs. Halliday had arranged with some of the North Point people XXXXX keep it well attended to , but Freda cried at leaving it .
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