CHAPTER XXX

JOY AT EVENTIDE It was early that evening as Jess kissed her father and advised him to go to sleep at once. “You are tired, daddy, after the excitement of the day, so you need a good long rest.” “I suppose I do,” was the reply. “But it will be somewhat hard to get to sleep after the events of the afternoon. Isn’t it wonderful, Jess, what a change has come over your mother? I never saw anything like it.” “A great burden has been lifted from her mind, that’s the reason. And, daddy, you forgive me for what I did?”…