Paul Rushleigh, in a Captain's uniform, came, one day, to the table of their hotel. The first gun had brought him, also, where he could be ready. He had sailed for home, with his father, upon the reception, abroad, of the tidings of the fall of Sumter. "Your country will want you, now, my son," had been the words of the brave and loyal gentleman. And, like another Abraham, he had set his face toward the mount of sacrifice. There was a new light in the young man's eye. A soul awakened there. A purpose, better than any plan or hope of a mere happy living in the earth. He met his old friends frankly, generously; and, seemingly, without a pang. They were all one now, in the sublime labor that, in their several spheres, lay out before them. "You were right, Faith," he said, as he stood with them, and spoke briefly of the past, before they parted. "I shall be more of a man, than if I'd had my first wish. This war is going to make a nation of men. I'm free, now, to give my heart and hand to my country, as long as she needs me. And by and by, perhaps, if I live, some woman may love me with the sort of love you have for your husband. I feel now, how surely I should have come to be dissatisfied with less. God bless you both!" "God bless you, Paul!" THE END. * * * * * * BIOGRAPHY AND BIBLIOGRAPHY MRS. ADELINE DUTTON (Train) WHITNEY, American novelist and poet, was born in Boston, September 15, 1824, and was married to Seth D. Whitney, of Milton, Mass., in 1843. Writing little for publication in early life, she produced, in 1863, _Faith Gartney's Girlhood_, which brought her great popularity both at home and in England, where the novel gained especially favorable commendation. Although planned purely as a girl's book, the story of _Faith_ grew into her womanhood, and after the lapse of almost half a century continues to be a prime favorite. It is a purely told story of New England life, especially with dramatic incidents and an excellent bit of romance. _The Gayworthys: a Story of Threads and Thrums_ (1865), continued Mrs. Whitney's popularity and received flattering notices from the London _Reader_, _Athenaeum_, _Pall Mall Gazette_, and _Spectator_. Mrs. Whitney was a contributor to the _Atlantic Monthly_, _Our Young Folks_, _Old and New_ and various other periodicals. Among her other published works are: _Footsteps on the Seas_ (1857), poems; _Mother Goose for Grown Folks_ (1860); _Boys at Chequasset_ (1862); _A Summer in Leslie Goldthwaite's Life_ (1866); _Patience Strong's Outings_ (1868); _Hitherto: a Story of Yesterday_ (1869); _We Girls_ (1870); _Real Folks_ (1871); _Zerub Throop's Experiment_ (1871); _Pansies_, verse (1872); _The Other Girls_ (1873); _Sights and Insights_ (1876); _Odd or Even_ (1880); _Bonnyborough_ (1885); _Holy-Tides_, verse (1886); _Homespun Yarns_ (1887); _Bird Talk_, verse (1887); _Daffodils_, verse (1887); _Friendly Letters to Girl Friends_ (1897); _Biddy's Episodes_ (1904).