You are Bertha Seeley , my little sister ! '' `` Oh -- can it be possible ! '' `` More than possible -- it is certain . You are the image of my mother , as I remember her , and as an old daguerreotype I have pictures her . And this is her watch -- see , I scratched my own initials on the case one day . There is no doubt in the world . Oh , Bertha , are you half as glad as I am ? '' `` Glad ! '' Bertha 's eyes were shining like stars . She tried to smile , but burst into tears instead and her head went down on her brother 's shoulder . By this time everybody in the room was staring at the extraordinary tableau , and Ernest , coming through the hall , gave a whistle of astonishment that brought the two in the corner back to a sense of their surroundings . `` I have n't suddenly gone crazy , Ernest , old fellow , '' smiled Max . `` Ladies and gentlemen all , this little school-ma ` am was introduced to you as Miss Price , but that was a mistake . Let me introduce her again as Miss Bertha Seeley , my long-lost and newly-found sister . '' Well they had an amazing time then , of course . They laughed and questioned and explained until the dinner was in imminent danger of getting stone-cold on the dining-room table . Luckily , Alma and Frances remembered it just in the nick of time , and they all got out , somehow , and into their places . It was a splendid dinner , but I believe that Maxwell and Bertha Seeley did n't know what they were eating , any more than if it had been sawdust . However , the rest of the guests made up for that , and did full justice to the girls ' cookery . In the afternoon they all went to church , and at least two hearts were truly and devoutly thankful that day .
When the dusk came , Ernest and Maxwell had XXXXX catch the last train for town , and the other guests went home , with the exception of Bertha , who was to stay all night .
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