y," he said, bidding her good-bye.

But throughout the year she had waited, listening to her heart and
wondering at its throbs, as from time to time the story of Dick's heroic
service came to her ears; and now the year was done. Last night he had
returned. To-day he would come to her. She would meet him here. Ah,
there he was now. On the crest of the hill he would turn and look toward
her. There, he had turned.

As Dick caught sight of her he raised his voice in a shout, "Margaret!"
and came running toward her.

She rose, and with her hands pressed hard upon her heart to quiet the
throbbing that threatened to choke her, she stood waiting him.

Touching a top rail, he vaulted lightly over the fence and stood there
waiting. "Margaret!" he cried again, with a note of anxiety in his voice
that trembled under the intensity of his feeling.

But still she could not move for the tumult of joy that possessed her.
"Oh, I am so glad," she whispered to herself. Dick came toward her
slowly, almost timidly, it seemed to her. He took her hands down from
her breast, held her at arm's length, seeking to read the meaning in the
blue eyes lifted so bravely to his.

"For pity's sake, Margaret?" he asked, the note of anxiety deepening in
his voice.

For a moment she stood pouring her heart's love into his eyes. "Yes,"
she said, shyly dropping her eyes before his ardent gaze, "and for
love's sake, too."

And for Dick the day's gladness grew riotous, filling his world full
from earth to heaven above.

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