She was going to walk to the station , and the last seen of her she was trudging along the road , carrying the baby . It has n't been thought of since . But , sir , d'ye suppose she set that innocent child adrift in that old leaky dory to send him to his death ? I knew Maggie was no better than she should be , but I ca n't believe she was as bad as that . '' `` You must come over with me and see if you can identify the child , '' I said . `` If he is Harry Martin I shall keep him . My wife has been very lonely since our baby died , and she has taken a fancy to this little chap . '' When we reached my home old Abel recognized the child as Harry Martin . He is with us still . His baby hands led my dear wife back to health and happiness . Other children have come to us , she loves them all dearly ; but the boy who bears her dead son 's name is to her -- aye , and to me -- as dear as if she had given him birth . He came from the sea , and at his coming the ghostly dream-child fled , nevermore to lure my wife away from me with its exciting cry . Therefore I look upon him and love him as my first-born . VI . THE BROTHER WHO FAILED The Monroe family were holding a Christmas reunion at the old Prince Edward Island homestead at White Sands . It was the first time they had all been together under one roof since the death of their mother , thirty years before . The idea of this Christmas reunion had originated with Edith Monroe the preceding spring , during her tedious convalescence from a bad attack of pneumonia among strangers in an American city , where she had not been able to fill her concert engagements , and had more spare time in which to feel the tug of old ties and the homesick longing for her own people than she had had for years . As a result , when she recovered , she wrote to her second brother , James Monroe , who lived on the homestead ; and the consequence was this gathering of the Monroes under the old roof-tree . Ralph Monroe for once laid aside the cares of his railroads , and the deceitfulness of his millions , in Toronto and took the long-promised , long-deferred trip to the homeland . Malcolm Monroe journeyed from the far western university of which he was president .
Edith came , flushed with the triumph XXXXX her latest and most successful concert tour .
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