She extorted a solemn promise from her
father, who was obliged to stay in Texas, that he would never
part with him.
My brother, then unmarried, and my sister Harriet were living
together in New Rochelle and to them we went. Harry's vacation
enabled him to be with us, and we had a delightful summer. It was
good to be on the shores of Long Island Sound.
In the autumn, not knowing what next was in store for us, I
placed my dear little Katharine at the Convent of the Sacred
Heart at Kenwood on the Hudson, that she might be able to
complete her education in one place, and in the care of those
lovely, gentle and refined ladies of that order.
Shortly after that, Captain Jack was ordered to David's Island,
New York Harbor (now called Fort Slocum), where we spent four
happy and uninterrupted years, in the most constant intercourse
with my dear brother and sister.
Old friends were coming and going all the time, and it seemed so
good to us to be living in a place where this was possible.
Captain Summerhayes was constructing officer and had a busy life,
with all the various sorts of building to be done there.
