"Amos," said Fidelia, "do you mean that you have become a Christian?" "I mean that I wish to be a Christian, and to have a part in the very highest work, if the Lord will have me for His servant." "_If_, Amos? There is no `if' on the Lord's side." Then she paused, telling herself that she too had desired to have a share in the highest work, and asking herself whether she had not drawn back. She did not know. She only knew that she was all wrong, and that she too must begin again. "I, too, shall have to decide once for all. Oh, I must!" There was no time for more, for the shriek of the engine was heard in the distance. "Amos, I am so glad! And I am glad you have told me. I wish I knew just the right thing to say to you. I can only say I am glad. I wish you could come and talk with my Eunice. Oh, dear--just as if you hadn't your father and mother, and cousin Abby! But my first thought is always of my Eunice," added Fidelia, with an uncertain smile. "Good-bye, dear Amos. Everybody in your home has been so good to me; and I am glad for them all. They will be very happy." There was not time for another word. As Amos turned from the window as the train moved on, he stumbled on some one--or, rather, some one stumbled on him--and he had no idea who it was till a voice called out,-- "Just in time, Amos! A miss is as good as a mile;" and he ran forward in time to catch a glimpse of Dr Justin Everett on the platform of the cars as the train moved on. Fidelia had not seen the approach of Dr Justin; and it was a surprise, to say the least, when he entered the car, and, bidding her "Good morning," took his seat beside her, as if that had been the most natural thing in the world to do. "I did not know you thought of going to Halsey this morning. What about the Summit?" said Fidelia. "It looks ungrateful to leave them, does it not? But it could not be helped; I did not know till late last night that I was expected elsewhere this morning. And I am at least no more to blame than you are." Fidelia made no answer to that. They could see the Summit as they turned a curve among the hills. "It looks pleasant up there!" said she. "Yes, with the morning sunshine on it." "I am sorry it happened that I could not go up with Nellie and the rest. I should have enjoyed it, and it would have been something always to remember." "Yes, it would have been something to remember," said Dr Justin. The sound of his voice had quite changed, and the look on his face also, Fidelia thought, as she glanced up at him. "Have you ever been at the Summit?" said she; and then she remembered. "Yes. Once I was on the Summit," he answered gravely; and he did not remove his eyes from the mountain while it was in sight, nor did a word pass between them for some time after that. It was Dr Justin who spoke first, and his first words were about her friend Amos.