One whole day without him! Then, with a sudden deadly pain, came the thought that these golden days must end; the time must come when she should see him no more.

The pretty, dimpled face grew pale, and a dark shadow came into the clear eyes.
"Dora," cried Ronald, "why do you look so frightened?
What is it ?" She gave him no answer, but turned away.

He caught her hands in his own.
"Are you grieved that I am going away for one whole day ?" he asked.
But she looked so piteous and so startled that he waited for no reply.
"I shall continue to see you," he resumed.

"I could not let any day pass without that." "And afterward," she said, simply, raising her eyes to his full of tears.
Then Ronald paused abruptly--he had never given one thought to the "afterward." Why, of course strawberries would not grow forever--it would not always be summer.

Lord Earle would soon be back again, and then he must go abroad.