“Was she as pretty as mamma?” Walter asked, and Jeff replied, “_I_ think she was prettier.” “I don’t believe it. Do you, Nero?” Walter said, with a kick of his foot against the side of the dog, who answered by springing up and hurrying after the rabbit which had ventured from its hole a second time. Walter followed the dog, and Jeff was left alone with Inez, who whispered drowsily, “Tell more of the bufiful valley far away.” Then she fell asleep, and bending over her Jeff whispered, “Oh, God, in this world my sin will always follow and torture me, but grant that in the next I may be pure and innocent as this child.” Something roused the little girl and opening her eyes, so like the eyes Jeff remembered so well, she lisped, “Ess, he will.” Then she fell asleep again, and with a feeling that he had received a benediction, Jeff, who had never kissed her before, kissed her now for the sake of the dead Inez, whose grave was in the beautiful valley far away. THE END. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ POPULAR NOVELS BY MRS. MARY J. HOLMES. TEMPEST AND SUNSHINE. ENGLISH ORPHANS. HOMESTEAD ON HILLSIDE. ’LENA RIVERS. MEADOW BROOK. DORA DEANE. COUSIN MAUDE. MARIAN GREY. EDITH LYLE. DAISY THORNTON. CHATEAU D’OR. QUEENIE HETHERTON. BESSIE’S FORTUNE. MARGUERITE. MRS. HALLAM’S COMPANION. DARKNESS AND DAYLIGHT. HUGH WORTHINGTON. CAMERON PRIDE. ROSE MATHER. ETHELYN’S MISTAKE. MILBANK. EDNA BROWNING. WEST LAWN. MILDRED. FORREST HOUSE. MADELINE. CHRISTMAS STORIES. GRETCHEN. DR. HATHERN’S DAUGHTERS. PAUL RALSTON. THE TRACY DIAMONDS. (_New._) “Mrs. Holmes is a peculiarly pleasant and fascinating writer. Her books are always entertaining, and she has the rare faculty of enlisting the sympathy and affections of her readers, and of holding their attention to her pages with deep and absorbing interest.” Handsomely bound in cloth. Price, $1.50 each, and sent _free_ by mail on receipt of price, G. W. Dillingham Co., Publishers NEW YORK. ------------------------------------------------------------------------