CHAPTER XXVI.
THE GIRL AT HEART'S DESIRE _The Story of a Surprise, a Success, and Something Else Very Much Better_ LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Frontispiece: "He looked up--to see _her_ standing at his door!" "'The umpire decides that you've got to check your guns during the game.'" "A voice which sang of a face that was the fairest, and of a dark blue eye." "'Something has got to be did, and did mighty blame quick.'" HEART'S DESIRE.