It was an hour later when Barbara, with the man's arm still about her, glanced across the velvet lawn to the old grey house beneath the dusky slope of wooded hill. The moonlight silvered its weathered front, and the deep tranquillity of the sheltered valley made itself felt. "Yes," said Brooke, "it is yours and mine." Barbara made a little gesture that was eloquent of appreciation. "It is very beautiful. A place one could dream one's life away in. We have nothing like it in Canada. You would care to stay here always?" "Any place would be delightful with you." The girl laughed softly, but her voice had a tender thrill in it, and then she turned towards the west. "It is very beautiful--and full of rest," she said. "Still, I scarcely think it would suit you to sit down in idleness, and all that can be done for this rich country has been done years ago." "I wonder," said Brooke, who guessed her thoughts, "if you would be quite so sure when you had seen our towns." "Still, one would need to be very wise to take hold there--and I do not think you care for politics." "No," said Brooke, with a faint, dry smile. "Besides, remembering Saxton, I should feel a becoming diffidence about wishing to serve my nation in that fashion. There are men enough who are anxious to do it already, and I would be happier grappling with the rocks and pines in Western Canada." "Then," said Barbara, "if it pleases you, we will go back to the great unfinished land where the dreams of such men as you are come true." THE END. [Illustration] The Spotter [Illustration] _A Story of the Early Days in the Pennsylvania Oil Fields.._ By W. W. CANFIELD Duncan Cameron is a Pennsylvania farmer, the owner of a large tract of land which the prototype of the Standard Oil Company desires to secure. Cameron for a long time successfully resists the efforts to compel him to sell, and The Spotter describes what happened to him, as well as what befell members of several families who are made wealthy by the sale of their oil lands. Those who oppose the advance of the monopoly feel its hand in no uncertain weight, for there is little hesitancy in the methods adopted to break the fortunes and prospects of those who do not quietly submit. The story describes the romantic side of the influx of a large number of speculators, operators and boomers, who find a country that heretofore has been almost isolated. Size 5-1/2x7-3/4. Cloth, Gilt Top. Price $1.50 Transcriber's Note: The following typographical errors present in the original edition have been corrected. In the table of contents, =The Jumping of the Caonpus= was changed to =The Jumping of the Canopus=. In Chapter VII, =The result was from one point of view comtemptible= was changed to =The result was from one point of view contemptible=. In Chapter VIII, an extra quotation mark was deleted after =it was the other man who fell in.=