Miriam's smile did not dispel the shadow which saddened her expression. "It is good-by, Mr. Trenholm," she said, holding out her hand. "I leave for Washington early to-morrow." Trenholm's hand closed over hers with a pressure that hurt. "Good-by," he repeated mechanically. "No, I can't let you go out of my life; for you have become all in all to me." As he met the gaze of her lovely eyes, his set speech, which he had rehearsed again and again while waiting to see her, flew out of his mind. "Miriam, I have only love to offer--" His clear voice faltered. For a second they gazed steadfastly at each other, and the old, old story which never grows old was told again as Trenholm clasped Miriam to his heart and her lips met his in unconditional surrender. THE END _The greatest pleasure in life is that of reading. Why not then own the books of great novelists when the price is so small_ _Of all the amusements which can possibly be imagined for a hard-working man, after his daily toil, or in its intervals, there is nothing like reading an entertaining book. It calls for no bodily exertion. It transports him into a livelier, and gayer, and more diversified and interesting scene, and while he enjoys himself there he may forget the evils of the present moment. Nay, it accompanies him to his next day's work, and gives him something to think of besides the mere mechanical drudgery of his every-day occupation--something he can enjoy while absent, and look forward with pleasure to return to._ _Ask your dealer for a list of the titles in Burt's Popular Priced Fiction_ _In buying the books bearing the A. L. Burt Company imprint you are assured of wholesome, entertaining and instructive reading_ _THE BEST OF RECENT FICTION_ =Adventures of Jimmie Dale, The.= Frank L. Packard. =Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.= A. Conan Doyle. =Affair at Flower Acres, The.= Carolyn Wells. =Affinities and Other Stories.= Mary Roberts Rinehart. =After House, The.= Mary Roberts Rinehart. =Against the Winds.= Kate Jordan. =Alcatraz.= Max Brand. =Alias Richard Power.= William Allison. =All the Way by Water.= Elizabeth Stancy Payne. =Amateur Gentleman, The.= Jeffery Farnol. =Amateur Inn, The.= Albert Payson Terhune. =Anna the Adventuress.= E. Phillips Oppenheim. =Anne's House of Dreams.= L. M. Montgomery. =Anybody But Anne.= Carolyn Wells. =Are All Men Alike, and The Lost Titian.= Arthur Stringer. =Around Old Chester.= Margaret Deland. =Arrant Rover, The.= Berta Ruck. =Athalie.= Robert W. Chambers. =At the Mercy of Tiberius.= Augusta Evans Wilson. =At Sight of Gold.= Cynthia Lombardi. =Auction Block, The.= Rex Beach. =Aunt Jane of Kentucky.= Eliza C. Hall. =Awakening of Helena Ritchie.= Margaret Deland.