It had rained just before; the drops still hung on bush and tree, and as the dazzling radiance of the sun touched them every drop also radiated light, prismatic and scintillating—an almost audibly tinkling joy. So indescribably wonderful and beautiful, yet so tender, seemed this scene—as of a mighty light informing the least atom of our tearful human existence—that the profoundest depths of Justin’s nature opened to the illumination. In that moment, with calm eyes, and lips firmly pressed together, his thoughts reached upward; far, far upward. For the first time, he felt in accordance with something divine and beyond—an accordance that seemed to solve the meaning of life; what had gone and what was to come. All the hopes, the planning, the seeking and slaving, whatever they accomplished or did not accomplish, they fashioned us, ourselves. As it had been, so it still would be. But for what had gone before, he had not had this hour. It was the journey itself that counted—the dear joys by the way, that come even through suffering and through pain—the joy of the red dawn, of the summer breeze, of the winter sun; the joy of children, the joy of companionship. He held out his arm unconsciously as Lois stole into the room. THE END By Mary Stewart Cutting THE SUBURBAN WHIRL The first story in the book may be properly termed a “long” story of married life. It is a wholesome, delicately humorous and pathetic account of the struggles of a young couple to establish themselves in the suburbs. With this, three equally charming shorter stories of “the happiest time” make up the volume. “The charm of these stories is that they are about real people in a real world.” _San Francisco Call_. _Illustrations by Alice Barber Stephens. $1.25_ LITTLE STORIES OF MARRIED LIFE “Mrs. Cutting has written a book so typically American that it should appeal to every American reader who respects the institution of marriage, and who is honest enough to admit that love is the only solution of the problem.” _New York Globe_. _Seventh Edition. Cloth, $1.35_ MORE STORIES OF MARRIED LIFE “As they celebrate true love, not the yearning kind, but the brand that cherishes and forgets and forgives and strengthens, they should go with the wedding presents of every June bride.” _Cleveland Leader_. _Frontispiece. $1.25_ LITTLE STORIES OF COURTSHIP “Readers who enjoyed the ‘Little Stories of Married Life’ by this author will not be disappointed in this new collection....” _New York Evening Post_. _Third Edition. Cloth, $1.25_ The McClure Company End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Wayfarers, by Mary Stewart Cutting