But he was there all the time; I could close my eyes and be back at 'The Jail,' looking over the rails at his upturned face and hearing his voice.

What a wonderful thing love is!" "And yet so easy to understand," he said with a smile, as he caught her to him again.

There was silence for a while; then he said, "We'll be married soon, Celia ?" She blushed and her eyes fell for a moment; then she raised them to his and whispered, "Yes." "My father wants us to spend our honeymoon in South America; wants us to go to my mother.

You will go; you will not mind the long journey ?" She was silent for a moment; then, almost solemnly, but with an infinite love in her eyes and her voice, she murmured, "'Whither thou goest, I will go ...

thy people shall be my people.'" * * * * * As Celia went to Miriam's room, can it be wondered that her step grew slower and, notwithstanding her own happiness, that her heart waxed heavy with sorrow for the wretched young wife?
She found Miriam lying back in her chair, her hands clasped loosely in her lap, her face almost vacant of any expression; she seemed weighed down by the apathy resulting from utter hopelessness, from a knowledge of some evil from which she could not escape.