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"I couldn't sleep," she whispered "I heard you leave and dressed to

wait" She looked in the diht as a child, and with his

hand at her waist he sunk on his knee to look up into her face "How

can I deserve it all?"

She blinded his upturned eyes in her hands, and not until she found her

fingers et did she understand all he had tried to put into his

words

"Have you any news?" she murmured, as he rose

"I believe they have found him"

She clasped her hands "Heaven be praised Oh, is it sure?"

"I , the old lineman, has seen his fire At least, we are

certain of it We have been watching it two hours It's a speck of a

blaze away across toward the rows nor lessens, just a