"Home again," called Dorothy, waving her hand to the major who now
appeared on the piazza. "Here we are, bag and baggage," and then it
seemed all the "pain of separation" was made up for in that loving
embrace--the major had the Little Captain in his arms again.
CHAPTER XXVI
DOROTHY'S COURAGE
"Dorothy," said the major, when all the news from Aunt Winnie's had been
told and retold to Joe and Roger, "I want you to come to my study after
tea. I have something to say to you."
The major was seated in his favorite chair at the open window. Dorothy
thought he looked handsomer every day, as his hair became whiter, and
now as she came to him for the business talk, she wondered who in all
the world could have so loving and so noble a father.
"I had expected to go to Rochester in the morning," he began, as Dorothy
dropped to the stool at his feet, "but that dear old meddling doctor
says no. I feel well enough--"
"But you are not, daddy dear," interrupted Dorothy. "You have been
working too hard, I should not have left you."
"Tut, tut, child, it is you who have been working too hard. I did not
realize it until I picked up the loose ends. But we must not play pot
and kettle. We must talk business."
Major Dale went across the room and opened his desk.
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