here. And
there is something here that can bring happiness without what you
call the advantages of the world to which you belong."

"What do you know of the world?" he said roughly.

"Nothing," she said. "But I know a little of life. And I have
learned some things that I fear you have not. Beside, I know now
that I do not love you. I have been slow to find the truth, but I
have found it. And this is the one thing that matters, that I
found it in time."

"Did you reach this conclusion at the mill yesterday?" he asked
with a sneer.

"No. It came to me here on the rock last evening after you were
gone. I heard a strange story; the story of a weak man, a strong
man, and a God who was very kind."

Ollie saw that further persuasion was of no avail, and as he left
her, she watched him out of sight for the last time--along the
trail that is nobody knows how old. When he was gone, in obedience
to an impulse she did not try to understand, she ran down the
mountain to the cabin in the Hollow--Young Matt's cabin. And when
the shepherd came in from the hills with his flock he found the
house in such order as only a woman's hand can bring. The table
was set, and his supper cooking on the stove.

"Dad," she asked, "Do you think I know enough now to live in the
city?"

The old man's heart sank. It had come then. Bravely he concealed
his feelings, as he assured her in the strongest terms, that she
knew enough, and was good enough to live anywhere.

"Then," said Sammy; "I know enough, even if I am not good enough,
to live in the hills."

The brown eyes, deep under their shaggy brows, were aglow with
gladness, and there was a note of triumph in the scholar's voice
as he said, "Then you do not regret learning the things I have
tried to teach you? You are sure you have no sorrow for the things
you are losing."

"Regret? Dad. Regret?" The young woman drew herself up and lifted
her arms. "Oh, Dad, I see it all, now; all that you have been
trying in a thousand ways to teach me. You have led me into a new
world, the real world, the world that has always been and must
always be, and in that world man is king; king because he is a
man. And the treasure of his kingdom is the wealth of his
manhood."

"And the woman, Sammy, the woman?"

"'And they twain shall be one flesh.'"

Then the master knew that his teaching had not been in vain. "I
can lead you no farther, my child," he said with a smile. "You
have passed the final test."