Stella Rosevelt — page 313: what you’re looking at

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A NOBLE RESOLUTION. 307 time,” Grace said, ‘‘and if you will take me along with you, I should esteem it a great favor.” ‘‘T think with Star, that it would be the best arrangement in the world; and, Miss Meredith, we shall consider you a mem- ber of our party,” Mr. Rosevelt said, with a bow and a smile to that young lady. Star looked up into the old gentleman’s face. ‘“‘Uncle Jacob, how good you are to me!” she said; and her red lips trembled over the words, for she knew that he had planned all this expressly for her sake, to keep her thoughts _ pleasantly employed and from brooding over the past. ‘“My dear, do I not owe my life and all that I am at present enjoying to you?” he asked, gravely. ‘*‘ Remember,” he added, ‘that when you are happy I am happy also, and wice versa ; whatever cloud darkens your sky is sure to bring sorrow to me also; so let us make the most of our lives while we have them.” Star looked up brightly after Mr. Rosevelt’s last remark, and glancing archly from him to Miss Meredith, said : ‘‘Well, if so much depends upon my decision—if I hold the fate of two such important people in my hands, I shall be obliged to say, we will go to California and be happy. But,” she added, laughing, ‘‘I warn you both beforehand that I shall ‘not be easily satiated; I shall want to go everywhere and see everything. Yes; we will go home and rest a week, then turn our faces toward the ‘golden gate,’ and—‘ westward, ho!’” (E(0) Gomicbooks