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"She is very beautiful," he added, "and every ly try a hospital cot for the sake of being nursed by her"

Bell thought at once of Marian, but as Mark knew nothing of their private affairs she would not question hi Lieutenant Bob and the picture he carried into every battle, buttoned closely over his heart Mark Ray took his leave, while Bell, softened by thoughts of Cob, ran upstairs to cry, going to herher own Mrs Cameron was out that afternoon, and that she had dressed in a hurry was indicated by the unusual confusion of her room Draere left open and various articles scattered about, while on the floor just as it had fallen fro to replace it

"Miss Helen Lennox," she read in astonishment "How came Helen Lennox's letter here in mother's room, and from Mark Ray, too," she continued, still more amazed as she took the neatly folded note frolanced at the name "Foul play soh to know that she held in her hand Mark's offer of e which had in some mysterious manner found its way to her mother's roo her brain for a solution of the mystery "But the letter at least is safe with me I'll send it to Helen this very day and to-morrow I'll tell Mark Ray"

Procrastination was not one of Bell Cameron's faults, and for full half an hour before herin the ether with a few hurriedly written lines, telling how it ca no explanation of any kind

"Mark is home now on a leave of absence which expires day after to- around to see hireatly mistaken"

Very closely Bell watched her mother when she came from her roonorance Mrs Cameron displayed her purchases and then talked of Wilford, wondering hoas and if it were advisable for any of theo to hi her call as early as she had intended doing, so that Mrs Banker and Mark were just rising from dinner when told she was in the parlor