ker forward so as to
get closer to her, and took both her hands in this. "Dorothy, I've got
something to tell you. I guess you know what it is." Her eyes suddenly
became a little moist as she playfully shook her head. "Oh, yes, you do,
dear, but I've got to say it, haven't I? I love you, Dorothy. It sort of
chokes me to say it because my heart's so full."

"Mine is, too," she whispered, a queer catch in her voice. "But are you
sure you love me?"

"Sure? Why, that other was only...."

Withdrawing her hands from his, she laid her fingers for an instant on
his lips.

"I want to show you something," she said.

She went to the bureau, and taking out the paper which she had hidden
there, brought it to him. It was a moment before she could find the item
again, then she pointed it out. They read it together, as she and Santry
had done the first time she had seen it. The item was an announcement
from the Rexhills of the engagement of their daughter Helen to Mr.
Maxwell Frayne.

Dorothy watched Wade's face eagerly as he read, and she was entirely
content when she saw there no trace of his former sentiment for Helen
Rexhill. He expressed genuine pleasure that Helen was not to be carried
down with her father's ruin, but the girl knew that otherwise the news
had left him untouched. She had always thought that this would be so,
but she was comforted to be assured of it.

"Why, that was only an infatuation," he explained. "Now I'm really in
love. Thank Heaven, I...." When she looked at him there was a light in
her glorious violet-shaded eyes that fairly took his breath away.

"Hush, dear," she said softly. "You've said enough. I understand, and
I'm so...."

The rest was lost to the world as his arms went around her.

TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES

Minor changes have been made to make spelling and punctuation consistent
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