May I go walkin' with him aftah awhile, mothah ?" Mrs.Sherman looked at her husband, questioningly.

"Oh, it's perfectly safe," he answered.

"She could go alone here as well as in Lloydsboro Valley, and with Hero she could have nothing to fear." "I want you to rest awhile first," said Mrs.Sherman.

"At four o'clock you may go." Leaving Hero comfortably stretched out asleep in the parlour, Lloyd went back to her room.

She lay down for a few minutes across the bed and closed her eyes.