It was a many-postmarked much-travelled letter, that had
journeyed far and long before it reached her. Mailed in Liverpool, it
was sent to Nantes, in care of the American consul. It had been held,
under the supposition that the lady to whom it was addressed might come
to the city and ask for mail sent there for safe keeping. Finally, the
unclaimed letter was sent to the American embassy at Paris. There it
tarried awhile. Then it fell into the hands of a secretary who knew Miss
Drayton, and he sent the letter to the Washington post-office,
requesting that her street and number be supplied.
This was done, and the ten-months-old letter reached Miss Drayton one
July afternoon. She glanced curiously from the unfamiliar handwriting to
the signature. Carey G. Mayo. Anne's uncle!
With changing countenance, she read the letter hastily.
Then she reread it once and again.
"Liverpool, England,
"20 September, 1910.
"Miss Sarah Drayton,
"Dear Madam,--I write to you on the eve of leaving the city, to
commend my niece to your care. You have been so good to the child that I
venture to hope you will care for her till I can relieve you of the
burden.
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