Maine -- Fiction; Political fiction; Politicians -- Fiction
"Let me do my part, Harlan," she said, proudly. "Love will light the
waiting, and it will not seem waiting. When I take my place at your side
he shall not be able to say that I am not the wife for you."
"It's enough for me to-night that I love you and you love me. The years
must take care of themselves. Love will mark off the calendar for us,
little sweetheart, not in months or in years, but in one dear summer of
waiting that will make work worth while and life worth living."
He patted the horse's neck and they went slowly up the road toward the
Kavanagh house, their arms about each other, the gracious dusk hiding
them. Life's future hid its problem. Love's present was enough.
THE END
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