He woke up and howled for you. It was too tragic for me. I love
him but I give him to you. I give the quarry to you, also.
Under the circumstances it would be impossible for me to enjoy
it, even if the law awarded it to me. Nobody could ever really
know which one of us first arrived and staked the claim. No
doubt you did.
I am sorry I came into your life and made trouble for you and
for the puppy.
So I leave you in peaceful possession. It really is a happiness
for me to do it.
I am going North at once. Good-bye; and please give my love to
the dog. Poor little darling, he thought we both stood _in loco
parentis_. But he'll get over his grief for me.
Yours truly,
CONSTANCE LESLIE.
The puppy at his feet was howling uncomforted for the best beloved who
was so strangely missing from the delightful combination which he had so
joyously accepted _in loco parentis_.