Grosvenor's neck, she exclaimed, "though others shall claim me by
the ties of kindred, they never shall part me from you; your child will
never forsake you!"
It was enough; the widowed mother was not "written childless." Then it
was that Mrs. Grosvenor related every minute particular in regard to the
child's discovery, and how she had been a blessing to them all,
repaying them doubly for their care. It was a long and interesting
story, to which this little circle listened, regardless of the raging
elements without, with the exception of the Sea-flower, who drank in
every note of nature's mighty chorus, scarcely thinking of the perils to
which those who were riding at the mercy of the waves, might be exposed;
for her young heart shrank not from ocean's awe; she had always looked
upon an ocean grave as a hallowed place of burial.
"And your daughter's name was Natalie," remarked Mr. Delwood; "it is a
singular coincidence that the child should be named for the mother."
"It is all a miracle," said Harry, "and sometimes I have thought old
Vingo not far out of the way, when he declared 'Missy Sea-flower to have
been left upon the beach by no other than the Lord.
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