we have struggled, and worked, and accomplished something
here--'Phemie and I. And Aunt Jane says it shall some day be ours--all of
Hillcrest. I love it all."

"Well--I don't blame you!" exclaimed Harris, suddenly swinging about and
seizing her hands. "But, say, Lyddy! don't be stingy about it."

"Stingy--about what?" she asked him, rather frightened, but looking up
into his sparkling eyes.

"Don't be stingy with Hillcrest. If you are determined to stay here--all
your life long--you know---- Don't you suppose you could find it in your
heart to let _me_ come here and--and stay, too?"

Nobody heard Lyddy Bray make an audible reply to this--not even the
curious squirrel chattering in the big beech over their heads. But Harris
seemed to see just the reply he craved in the girl's eyes, for he cried,
suddenly:

"You _dear_, you!"

Then they walked on together, side by side, over the carpet of
flame-colored leaves.

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