That was Robert Monroe . He found the keeper alone with a broken leg ; and he sailed back and made -- yes , MADE the unwilling and terrified doctor go with him to the lighthouse . I saw him when he told the doctor he must go ; and I tell you that no man living could have set his will against Robert Monroe 's at that moment . `` Four years ago old Sarah Cooper was to be taken to the poorhouse . She was broken-hearted . One man took the poor , bed-ridden , fretful old creature into his home , paid for medical attendance , and waited on her himself , when his housekeeper could n't endure her tantrums and temper . Sarah Cooper died two years afterwards , and her latest breath was a benediction on Robert Monroe -- the best man God ever made . `` Eight years ago Jack Blewitt wanted a place . Nobody would hire him , because his father was in the penitentiary , and some people thought Jack ought to be there , too . Robert Monroe hired him -- and helped him , and kept him straight , and got him started right -- and Jack Blewitt is a hard-working , respected young man to-day , with every prospect of a useful and honorable life . There is hardly a man , woman , or child in White Sands who does n't owe something to Robert Monroe ! '' As Kathleen Bell sat down , Malcolm sprang up and held out his hands . `` Every one of us stand up and sing Auld Lang Syne , '' he cried . Everybody stood up and joined hands , but one did not sing . Robert Monroe stood erect , with a great radiance on his face and in his eyes . His reproach had been taken away ; he was crowned among his kindred with the beauty and blessing of sacred yesterdays . When the singing ceased Malcolm 's stern-faced son reached over and shook Robert 's hands . `` Uncle Rob , '' he said heartily , `` I hope that when I 'm sixty I 'll be as successful a man as you . '' `` I guess , '' said Aunt Isabel , aside to the little school teacher , as she wiped the tears from her keen old eyes , `` that there 's a kind of failure that 's the best success . '' VII .
THE RETURN OF HESTER Just XXXXX dusk , that evening , I had gone upstairs and put on my muslin gown .
against among at because for from in on that with