You know I have always wanted a daughter of my own , but my greedy brothers and sisters would never give me one of theirs . So I intend to adopt Grace . She is the sweetest girl in the world , and I am very grateful to you for sending her here . You will not know her when you see her . She has grown plump and rosy . Bertha folded her letters up with a smile . `` I have a vague , delightful feeling that I am the good angel in a storybook , '' she said . The Touch of Fate Mrs. Major Hill was in her element . This did not often happen , for in the remote prairie town of the Canadian Northwest , where her husband was stationed , there were few opportunities for match-making . And Mrs. Hill was -- or believed herself to be -- a born matchmaker . Major Hill was in command of the detachment of Northwest Mounted Police at Dufferin Bluff . Mrs. Hill was wont to declare that it was the most forsaken place to be found in Canada or out of it ; but she did her very best to brighten it up , and it is only fair to say that the N.W.M.P. , officers and men , seconded her efforts . When Violet Thayer came west to pay a long-promised visit to her old schoolfellow , Mrs. Hill 's cup of happiness bubbled over . In her secret soul she vowed that Violet should never go back east unless it were post-haste to prepare a wedding trousseau . There were at least half a dozen eligibles among the M.P.s , and Mrs. Hill , after some reflection , settled on Ned Madison as the flower of the flock . `` He and Violet are simply made for each other , '' she told Major Hill the evening before Miss Thayer 's arrival . `` He has enough money and he is handsome and fascinating . And Violet is a beauty and a clever woman into the bargain . They ca n't help falling in love , I 'm sure ; it 's fate ! '' `` Perhaps Miss Thayer may be booked elsewhere already , '' suggested Major Hill .
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