Would it make any difference, Kitty, if you cared more for the life here--I mean if you were contented here--if these things that mean so much to us all, satisfied you ?" Again she answered, "I do not know, Phil.

How can I know ?" "Will you try, Kitty--I mean try to like your old home as you used to like it ?" "Oh, Phil, I have tried.

I do try," she cried.

"But I don't think it's the life that I like or do not like that makes the difference.

I am sure, Phil, that if I could"-- she hesitated, then went on bravely--"if I could give you the love you want, nothing else would matter.