But Margaret was already gone. Mr. Montfort watched her light figure flying down the walk, and thought she had grown almost back into a child again, since the children came. "And yet all a woman," he said; "all a sweet, wholesome, gentle woman. See her now with her arms around the child; the little creature clings to her as if she were the mother it never knew. Ah! she is telling them. No need to smother her, children. I never really meant to separate you; no, indeed. I only wanted you to find out for yourselves, as I have found out for myself. No more solitude at Fernley, please God; from now on, young faces and hearts, and sunshine, and a home; the future instead of the past." The good man laid down his cigar, quietly and carefully, as he did everything, and opened his arms as the three, Margaret and her children, came flying towards him; and they ran into those kind strong arms and nestled there, and looked into his eyes and knew that they were at home. THE END. THE "Queen Hildegarde" Series. By Laura E. Richards. HILDEGARDE'S HARVEST. The _fifth volume_ of the Hildegarde Series. Illustrated with eight full-page cuts. Square 16mo, cloth, $1.25. A new volume in the "Hildegarde" series, some of the best and most deservedly popular books for girls issued in recent years. This new volume is fully equal to its predecessors in point of interest, and is sure to renew the popularity of the entire series. HILDEGARDE'S NEIGHBORS. Fourth volume. Illustrated from original designs. Illustrated by L. J. Bridgman. Square 16mo, cloth, $1.25. HILDEGARDE'S HOME. Third volume. Illustrated with original designs by Merrill. Square 16mo, cloth, $1.25. HILDEGARDE'S HOLIDAY. Second volume. Illustrated with full-page plates by Copeland. Square 16mo, cloth, $1.25. QUEEN HILDEGARDE. First volume. Illustrated from original designs by Garrett (292 pp.). Square 16mo, cloth, $1.25. "We would like to see the sensible, heroine-loving girl in her early teens who would not like this book. Not to like it would simply argue a screw loose somewhere."--_Boston Post._ THE HILDEGARDE SERIES. as above. 5 vols., square 16mo, put up in a neat box, $6.25. ***Next to Miss Alcott's famous "LITTLE WOMEN" series they easily rank, and no books that have appeared in recent times may be more safely put into the hands of a bright, intelligent girl than these five "Queen Hildegarde" books. Estes & Lauriat, Publishers, Boston. Other Books by Laura E. Richards. LOVE AND ROCKS. Tall 16mo, handsome cover design, etching frontispiece, $1.00. A charming story of one of the pleasant islands on the rugged Maine coast, told in the author's most graceful manner. WHEN I WAS YOUR AGE. Quarto, cloth, gilt top. Illustrated, $1.25.