"What are you thinking of, girlie?" he asked as he stood behind her, his arm about her waist. There was no response. "Tell me, won't you?" he pleaded. She continued to gaze into the roadway. "Aren't you happy?" "Oh! Yes.... Yes.... I was never so happy. I ... I...." "What is it? Please, tell me. I fear that you are disturbed over something." She did not answer but turned and seized the lapels of his coat with both her hands. Then she raised her face to his and looked straight into his eyes. "I was thinking how much I have really cared for you without ever knowing it." "Is that all?" he laughed, as he folded his arms about her. "And how unkind I have been to you all the while." "There! There! You must not say that again. Promise me you will not so much as think it." Again there was silence, but only for a moment. "But I must have hurt you often. And to think that I never realized it." "You are happy now, aren't you?" She looked up again with only love in her eyes. "Stephen!" she whispered. She was lost in his embrace and felt only his breath against her cheek. The world lived in them. THE END _Printed in U. S. A_.