A week later Rhoda returned to her home to make ready for her own wedding. Lettice kissed her good-by with more emotion than she believed possible. Would they ever meet again? Rhoda herself, looking back through a mist of tears, saw the picture which ever after remained with her: a fair young wife in her new home, standing between husband and father, loyal to both, as she had always been to the cause for which they had suffered. * * * * * Transcriber’s note Minor punctuation errors have been changed without notice. Inconsistencies in hyphenation have been standardized. Page 9: “_Frontispiece_ 12” “_Frontispiece_ 1” Page 13: “this side the street” “this side of the street” Page 116: “the Patapsco, and that” “the _Patapsco_, and that” Page 131: “present alone were the” “present alone was the” Page 140: “as one’s relative” “as one’s relatives” Page 185: “stepped into a cabin” “stepped into the cabin” Page 191: “Aunt Hager has been” “Aunt Hagar has been” Page 212: “to know them qui.e” “to know them quite” Page 267: “take care c myself.” “take care of myself.” Page 267: “morning, and perhaps ” “morning, and perhaps I” Page 275: “key of the side door” “key to the side door”