We shall not always be in this world to safeguard our
daughters. How much better to see their future in the protection of
younger and stronger men than ourselves!"
"Yes, yes!" murmured Zenas Henry.
"And now I want to speak to Delight, although I am sure she will wish
you to hear what I have to say to her. It is a matter of business
about which she alone can decide. When Madam Lee, her grandmother,
died, she left a large property in real estate and securities which she
willed outright to an old friend of whom she was devotedly fond. She
felt the Galbraiths were amply provided for and therefore, with the
exception of certain jewels and heirlooms that were to be retained in
the family, she bequeathed them nothing. We understood the motives
that governed her in thus disposing of her property and were in full
accord with them. The document, however, was drawn up before she knew
of the existence of this other granddaughter, and in view of this fact,
the person to whom the property is willed feels that it is only just
that the whole or a part of it should be relinquished in Delight's
favor.
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