baby! thank God! my baby!"--The identification

CHAPTER XXIX. Meeting of Mr. Dinneford and George Granger--"We want
you to help us find your child"--"Edith's heart is calling out for
you"--The meeting--The marriage benediction






CAST ADRIFT.

CHAPTER I.





_A BABY_ had come, but he was not welcome. Could anything be sadder?

The young mother lay with her white face to the wall, still as
death. A woman opened the chamber door noiselessly and came in, the
faint rustle of her garments disturbing the quiet air.

A quick, eager turning of the head, a look half anxious, half
fearful, and then the almost breathless question,

"Where is my baby?"