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Sareat deal of trouble, he

said

"Co since--"

Sam's limpid deer's-eyes reproached her silently

"How shall I aer to serve her promised to find a pair of rabbits for the

child "I used to like rabbits when I was young," he explained

At last, after his hostess had sed many yawns, Sam reluctantly

said good night He went bounding down the hill in the darkness,

across the fields, through the woods In the starlight, the great

world lay died to hiht wind upon his face, the brush of boughs

against his shoulder, the scent of young ferns, and the give of the

spongy earth under his feet; he sprang in long leaps over the grass,

the tears et upon his fresh cheeks, he sang aloud But he did

not knohat he sang; in his young breast, Love, like sos and drove his voice

throbbing and exultant to his lips! As he came down Main Street, the

church clock struck eleven But it ht have struck twelve and he

would not have been disturbed

Standing in the doorway of the Wright house in thunderous silence the