d hands clasped in hers and
saw her lovely face smiling down upon him.

Now she was a different North Wind. She was just as he had seen her
sitting on her own door-step in the far, far north. She was as white as
snow and her eyes as blue as the heart of an iceberg.

"That's how she would look when she thought I might be afraid of her,"
he said to himself. Then he spoke aloud. "I am not afraid of you, dear
North Wind," he cried. "See! I am not a bit afraid of you!" Stretching
out both his hands to clasp her he pressed up close against her and laid
his head upon her breast. And then he fell asleep.

In the morning, they found little Diamond lying on the floor of the big
attic room--fast asleep, as they thought, and with such a happy smile on
his face. But when they took him up, they found he was not asleep. He
had gone to that lovely country at the back of the north wind--to stay.

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Transcriber's Notes:

Obvious punctuation errors repaired.

Page 25, "litle" changed to "little." (made a little place)

One instance each of "no-where" and "nowhere" were retained.

The frontispiece original says that the text is found on page 334.
It is actually located on page 111 and has been edited to reflect
this.

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