Bessie; what of true-hearted, devoted Bessie? You will find her at the Grange, and never far from her beloved mistress’ side. You must ask for her still as Miss Alford, for Bessie is still unmarried. She has had offers, many and excellent, but she has refused them, and will still refuse them. She gives no reason, but simply says, “I thank you, no!” and it has grown into a tradition that at some time--they say just about the period in which she had the pony accident--she lost her heart, and has never been able to find who stole it. At any rate, be that as it may, she is as happy as--as Olivia, Countess of Clydesfold; and it would be difficult to find a higher state of felicity. As the squire says, as he looks at his “son and daughter,” from his old armchair by the great dining-room fire: “How can a woman be anything but happy when she is married to a man who has proved that he is willing to lay down his life for her sake?” THE END. BEST COPYRIGHTS [Illustration] Years ago, one of our readers said that the S. & S. novels were “the right books at the right price,” and the term still applies to all of the 3000 titles in the S. & S. lines Our novels are principally copyrights by the best authors, such as: CHARLES GARVICE MRS. GEORGIE SHELDON NICHOLAS CARTER RICHARD MARSH BURT L. STANDISH GERALDINE FLEMING IDA READE ALLEN E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM and dozens of others whose work usually appears between cloth covers. Send for our complete catalogue. You will be surprised at the value it contains. [Illustration] STREET & SMITH:: Publishers:: NEW YORK Transcriber’s Notes Obvious typographical errors have been silently corrected. Variations in hyphenation and accents have been standardised but all other spelling and punctuation remains unchanged. Italics are represented thus _italic_.