She held the letters toward him, but he would not look at them. He held her in his arms, and in her smile and joyous welcome he saw the harbingers of the happiness he once more hoped would be his. How Mrs. Blunden scolded, and protested that she would never, never consent to a renewal of the engagement we need not repeat; for, before she had discovered the audacious intruder, he had won from the blushing Florence a promise to be his as soon as Mr. Lumley could come to perform the nuptial rite. When Aunt Margaret had exhausted her invectives, it was easy to conciliate her, and within a fortnight of Julia’s strange visit Mr. Aylwinne and his bride left England for the south of France, where Florence soon recovered her health, or only retained sufficient traces of her late illness to make the tender assiduities of her husband very delightful. Susan Denham went to Orwell Court, after all, to take charge of Walter and Fred. Her regret for her cousin only made her more gentle and thoughtful for others; and the boys, though awed at first by her gravity, soon learned to regard her as second only to the Donna. Nor were they alone in discovering Susan’s excellent qualities, for when Florence and Frank came back to Orwell Court, Mr. Lumley confided to his old college friend the attachment he had formed for Miss Denham, who did not prove insensible to the good vicar’s suit. But it was not at Orwell Court, dearly though she loved it, that Florence was destined to spend her married life. Mr. Aylwinne had been for some months negotiating for the purchase of Heriton Priory, and the title deeds of the estate were his gift to his bride on the first anniversary of their wedding day. On the banks of the Coquet, where Florence spent her own sunny girlhood, her children will sport and play; and the sobering recollections of the troubled years spent since she quitted those lovely scenes have chastened the joy of returning to it the fondly loved and contented wife of Frank Dormer. THE END. THE GREATEST AMERICAN AUTHORESS _NEW ILLUSTRATED EDITION OF_ Mrs. Georgie Sheldon’s Books At great expense, we have prepared a New Illustrated Edition of the works of Mrs. Georgie Sheldon, as listed below. _Every_ reader of romantic fiction is familiar with this writer’s splendid work. We know this to be a fact, because of the enormous sales of Mrs. Sheldon’s books. Over thirty millions have been sold to date and they are gaining in popularity every day. The handsome colored covers of these books are by such famous artists as Harrison Fisher. Each book contains three full-page, half-tone illustrations by other artists of note. No better or more attractive books have ever been offered to the public in paperbound edition. PRICE, 15 CENTS ISSUED SEMI-MONTHLY ALL TITLES ALWAYS IN PRINT