ll I feared was that he would live without a wife,
because I knew how much you loved him, and no one else would ever fill
his place in your affections. I rejoice daily that we have such a dear
daughter; one that Penloe has seen fit to love and cherish as a life
companion."

"Mother," said Stella, "there is no such thing as disappointment in love
to those who are living on the plane that Penloe and I are on, for we
are led by the promptings of the Blessed Infinite One, to each other."

Mrs. Wheelwright said: "Oh, if more would only live on the spiritual
plane, how much happier they would be in all that pertains to this
life."

Stella said: "I am going to write to aunt to-day and tell her of my
engagement to Penloe." So later in the day she sat down and wrote the
following letter:

"MY DEAR AUNT: As you have always taken so much
interest in my future happiness, I think it no more
than right that I should inform you of my engagement to
Penloe. Yes, dear Aunt, I proposed to him last evening
and he accepted me and has given me his love in return.

"Let me thank you, dear Aunt, for your kindness to me,
and I hope that our being engaged may meet with your
approval. Penloe is going to live in the pines for the
next six months. After he has been there three months I
am going up there to live with him, and will be his
log-cabin companion for three months. After that we
will be united in marriage.

"Mother and father join me in love to you. As ever,

"Your Affect. Niece,
"STELLA WHEELWRIGHT."

From that time till Stella went to the mountains to live with Penloe,
she was busy in two ways. Her time was occupied in one direction in
writing a little book on the sex question. Barker and Brookes told her
if she would write the book they would pay for having it printed and
would circulate thousands of copies free. Those two young men were now
Stella's co-workers in the grand field of removing bondage. The other
way in which Stella was very busy was in following a certain course of
mental and spiritual exercise as marked out for her by Penloe.

When the three months had expired, Mr. Wheelwright took Stella up to the
pines within one mile of Penloe's cabin. They arrived there at four in
the afternoon. Stella told her father to satisfy him that she would go
up to Penloe's cabin, and then come right back and stay with him ov