"Why, Gertrude dear, don't!" cried Cannie; for Gertrude was almost crying. "I don't wonder you didn't care for me at first. I was dreadfully awkward and stupid. And you never were nasty to me. Don't say such things! But"--with a shy longing to remove beyond question the doubt which had troubled her--"you _do_ like me now? You are not sorry that I am to stay and live with you?" "Sorry! No; I am very, very glad. You are the best girl I know. It will do me heaps of good to have you in the house." "Oh, how delightful!" cried Cannie. "Now I haven't a thing to wish for. It is all nonsense about my doing you good, but I am so glad you want me to stay." The two girls nestled closer and kissed each other, with a new sense of friendship and liking. The west wind blew past, making little quick eddies on the surface of the water. The gulls flew lower, their white wings flashing close to the flashing surf; sails far out at sea gleamed golden in the level rays of the sunset; a yellow light enveloped the farther point. "I shall always love this rock," said Candace. Gertrude began the downward climb; but Candace paused a moment on the summit, and turned for a last look at the water. Every glittering foam-cap, every glinting sail, seemed to her to wave a signal of glad sympathy and congratulation. "Good-by," she softly whispered. "But I shall come back. You belong to me now." She kissed her hand to the far blue horizon; then with a smile on her face, she turned, and followed Gertrude down the steep rock-face, a happy girl. * * * * * University Press: John Wilson & Son, Cambridge. SUSAN COOLIDGE'S POPULAR STORY BOOKS. SUSAN COOLIDGE has always possessed the affection of her young readers, for it seems as if she had the happy instinct of planning stories that each girl would like to act out in reality.--_The Critic._ Not even Miss Alcott apprehends child nature with finer sympathy, or pictures its nobler traits with more skill.--_Boston Daily Advertiser._ * * * * * THE NEW YEAR'S BARGAIN. A Christmas Story for Children. With Illustrations by ADDIE LEDYARD. 16mo. $1.25. WHAT KATY DID. A Story. With Illustrations by ADDIE LEDYARD. 16mo. $1.25. WHAT KATY DID AT SCHOOL. Being more about "What Katy Did." With Illustrations. 16mo. $1.25. MISCHIEF'S THANKSGIVING, and other Stories. With Illustrations by ADDIE LEDYARD. 16mo. $1.25. NINE LITTLE GOSLINGS. With Illustrations by J. A. MITCHELL. 16mo. $1.25. EYEBRIGHT. A Story. With Illustrations. 16mo. $1.25. CROSS PATCH. With Illustrations. 16mo. $1.25. A ROUND DOZEN. With Illustrations. 16mo. $1.25. A LITTLE COUNTRY GIRL. With Illustrations. 16mo. $1.25. WHAT KATY DID NEXT. With Illustrations. 16mo. $1.25. CLOVER. A Sequel to the Katy Books. With Illustrations by JESSIE MCDERMOTT. 16mo. $1.25. JUST SIXTEEN. With Illustrations. 16mo. $1.25. IN THE HIGH VALLEY. With Illustrations. 16mo. $1.25.