"Hasn't it been tried sufficiently to stand any test? I think so. Ah, dear, come to me--it's been long for me, too." His arms entreated me, but I held myself away with my praying hands pressed to his breast. "Are you sure that I'm not mixing you and--your faith?" I asked, looking him honestly in the face and giving voice to the thought that Nickols had put into my mind and which had tortured me all the weary months past. "Did any thought of me make you bring Martha Ensley to Nickols' death bed and take into your heart and home what the world calls dishonor?" "No," I answered with honesty to myself. "Have you once since you knew--_knew_--felt that you must turn to me for comfort and help in one of your dire hours?" "Not once," I answered again with honesty. "Have you not learned to turn to Him?" "I have!" I answered. "That's God's love. Then you can give me the love that belongs to me in your heart's kingdom, can't you?" "I'm afraid--I'm going to love you too much--I feel it coming. What'll you do with it? Stop me!" I said with both a sob and a laugh, as I began to let myself be drawn into the strong, hungry arms. "You great, big, splendid woman of God! You've got love enough in you to feed a multitude and you'll do it. Give me a part of my share now. It's mine. God sent you to me; I'm going to take you." And he did. His lips pressed mine until I gave back a betrothal kiss that was as complete as a great red flower. His arms held me so that they were a circle of pain, but all the while I kept my hands prayerwise between the clamor of our breasts. "Say it--'the covert of thy wings'--all that David said," I whispered. And he answered: "'I will abide in thy tabernacle forever: I will trust in the covert of thy wings.'" JAMES OLIVER CURWOOD'S STORIES OF ADVENTURE May be had wherever books are sold. Ask for Grosset and Dunlap's list. _KAZAN_ The tale of a "quarter-strain wolf and three-quarters husky" torn between the call of the human and his wild mate. _BAREE, SON OF KAZAN_ The story of the son of the blind Grey Wolf and the gallant part he played in the lives of a man and a woman. _THE COURAGE OF CAPTAIN PLUM_ The story of the King of Beaver Island, a Mormon colony, and his battle with Captain Plum. _THE DANGER TRAIL_ A tale of snow, of love, of Indian vengeance, and a mystery of the North. _THE HUNTED WOMAN_ A tale of the "end of the line," and of a great fight in the "valley of gold" for a woman. _THE FLOWER OF THE NORTH_ The story of Fort o' God, where the wild flavor of the wilderness is blended with the courtly atmosphere of France. _THE GRIZZLY KING_ The story of Thor, the big grizzly who lived in a valley where man had never come. _ISOBEL_ A love story of the Far North. _THE WOLF HUNTERS_ A thrilling tale of adventure in the Canadian wilderness. _THE GOLD HUNTERS_ The story of adventure in the Hudson Bay wilds. _THE COURAGE OF MARGE O'DOONE_