The windows were open at the bottom, and though the shades were drawn, the chamber was filled with soft light. The cries of the barn-yard and the twitter of birds outside seemed strangely softened as the two young people so singularly brought together approached the still form of the seeress and looked into her face serene with the infinite repose of death. Victor, with choking throat and burning eyes, stood at the bier unable to utter a sound; but the girl, after a long glance, took a rose from her bosom, and, with a sigh, gently laid it on the still, small, white hands of the silent form. "Accept my homage," she intoned, softly, "and if you can still see and hear, pardon me and forget my bitter words." She stood a moment thereafter as if involuntarily listening, waiting, hoping--but the dead gave no sign. THE END Books by HAMLIN GARLAND CAVANAGH--FOREST RANGER THE CAPTAIN OF THE GRAY-HORSE TROOP. HESPER MONEY MAGIC. THE LIGHT OF THE STAR. THE TYRANNY OF THE DARK. THE SHADOW WORLD MAIN-TRAVELLED ROADS PRAIRIE FOLKS ROSE OF DUTCHER'S COOLLY THE MOCCASIN RANCH. TRAIL OF THE GOLD-SEEKERS THE LONG TRAIL. BOY LIFE ON THE PRAIRIE. End of Project Gutenberg's Victor Ollnee's Discipline, by Hamlin Garland