I do not now blame Julia for that.

She told me plainly her feelings.

I persisted for a time, but in vain--then I went away, and have never been to Utah since." "And that's the end of your story ?" "Oh, no; while I was roaming aimlessly about the country trying to mend a broken heart, mother, becoming uneasy about me, and thinking I was yet in Utah, journeyed out west to find me.

The team on the stage-coach which took her out to Julia's home, ran away from the drunken driver, and just before they got to Piney Ridge Cottage the wagon upset on a dug-way, and mother was mortally hurt.

She died under Julia's care, and now lies in Mr.Elston's private graveyard near Piney Ridge Cottage beside Mr.Elston's other wife.