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Her energy never flagged, she did her share of the ith the light

hand of experience that delighted the old housekeeper It was so good

to feel a roof over her head, and to feel that she was earning her

right to it

Supper had been cooked, the table laid and everything was in readiness

for the family meal, but the old clock wanted fivesunset to draw a pail of water froold and crimson

was theday; and all her crushed and hopeless

youth rose, cheered by its glory

"Thank God," she inning life again The shadow of the old one will rest on rief, will cure me"

Her eyes had been turned toward the west, where the day was going out

in such a riot of splendor, and she had not noticed thehis way toward her, flicking his boots with his

riding crop as he walked

She turned suddenly at the sound of steps on the gravel; in the

gathering darkness neither could see nor recognize the other till they

were face to face

The woman's face blanched, she stifled an exclamation of horror and