around behind him and
kissed his forehead. He looked up at her dumbly. Her eyes filled with
tears. In her strange, double, woman's way she felt sorry for his
sorrow. She was conscious of no guilt; she had only precipitated
matters. Honor would never have loved him, and it was better he should
know it. In truth, she had saved him.

And Honor? Oh, she had the usual torments of young love! She was no
goddess to Royce, only a girl like any other. He was touched by her
impulsive act, and during his long illness he began to think more and
more about her. It all ended well; that is, he married her after a
while, took her away to the North, and was, on the whole, a good
husband. But, from first to last, he ruled her, and she never became
quite the beauty that Mrs. Kellinger intended her to be, because she was
too devoted to him, too absorbed in him, too dependent upon his fancies,
to collect that repose and security of heart which are necessary to
complete the beauty of even the most beautiful woman.

Ellerby village sank back into quietude. Still the moonlight whisky is
made up in the mountains, and still the revenue detectives are shot. The
United States troops go up every summer, and--come back again! The wild,
beautiful region is not yet conquered.

Wainwright re-entered society; society received him with gladness. A
fresh supply of mothers smiled upon him, a fresh supply of daughters
filed past him. He made his little compact remarks as before, and
appeared unaltered; but he let the lime-light play about him rather more
continuously now, and took fewer journeys. He will never swerve from
Adelaide again. As they grow older, the chances are that some day he
will say to her, "Why should we not be married, Adelaide?"

And she will answer, "Why not, indeed?"

This woman loved him; the other would never have given him more than
gratitude. What would you have?

THE END.

BY MRS. W. K. CLIFFORD

MRS. KEITH'S CRIME. A Novel. New Edition. With a Frontispiece from a
Drawing by the Hon. J. COLLIER. Post 8vo, Cloth, $1 00.

An exceedingly graphic and readable story.--_Rochester Herald._

The book is a notable one, and has many passages of great brilliancy and
much skilful character-drawing.--_N. Y. Sun._

The significance of its motive, and the vivid way in which it grapples
with the ultimate problems of human existence, are enough to give it a
strong hold on thoughtful minds.... The story is a vivid record of
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