er remarkable names which he submitted for their
consideration. With this amount of information he was fain to rest
content, and returned in an elevated state of mind to his brother's
house.

Some weeks after these events, the Wright family was again seated round
the social board, as uncle Rik called it, when two visitors were
announced. The social meal happening to be tea, and the drawing-room at
that time in dishabille, owing to carpet disturbances, the visitors were
shown into the dining-room--a lady, accompanied by a pretty little girl.

"Excuse my calling at an unusual hour," said the lady, "but I trust the
occasion of my visit will be a sufficient excuse. I have just arrived
from Bombay, and hasten to present a letter from your son, and to
deliver over my interesting charge, this dear child, Letta Langley,
whom--"

"The expectorated girl!" shouted uncle Rik, leaping up, "begins with an
L,--two L's indeed. Bah, I'm an idiot! Excuse my excitement, madam--
pray go on."

Slightly surprised, but more amused, the lady went on to tell all she
knew about Robin and his friends, while the happy mother read snatches
of Robin's letter through her tears, and Mr Wright and Madge plied the
lady with questions and tea, and Letta, taking at once to uncle Rik,
ecstatified, amazed and horrified that retired sea-captain with her
charming earnest little ways, her wonderful experiences, and her
intimate acquaintance with pirates and their habits.

A letter from Robin to his mother, and another from Sam to Mr Wright,
arrived next morning, and proved to be those which had been written
immediately after their landing at Bombay, and had been posted, so the
writers thought, at the time their first telegram was despatched. But
the letters had been given to Stumps to post, and Stumps was not blessed
with a good memory, which may account for the delay in transmission.
These letters corroborated all the lady had said. Thus was Letta
formally installed in the Wright family, and uncle Rik solemnly charged
himself with the discovery of her mother!

"Depend upon it, my dear," he said, with an amount of self-sufficient
assurance and indomitable resolution that carried sweet consolation to
the child's heart, "that I'll find your mother if she's above ground,
though the findin' of her should cost me the whole of my fortune and the
remainder of my life."

And nobly did Rik redeem his promise. He obtained special introduction
to the Bri