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"Can I be of any assistance?" he said, in an undertone

"No," sadly

The days, more or less monotonous, went past Sometimes he saw her alone on deck, but only for a little while Her father was slowly i, but with this improvement came the natural desire for seclusion; so he caht on which the vessel bore into the moist, warm air of the Gulf Stream was full of one below The girl leaned over the rail, alone and lonely And Carer still the desire in his heart He ca to the little eddies of foa the hull "Do you knohat they re at the boat as if to drag it down below"

How beautiful she ith the frost of ht on her hair!

"You must not talk like that," he admonished

"I am very unhappy"

"And when you say that you make me so, too"

"Why?" She had spoken the word at last

"Do you re so closely toward her that his arainst hers

"I remember"

"You put that word then In honor I dared not answer You were a princess! I was only a soldier of fortune But now that you are in trouble, now that you have need of me, I may answer I may tell you nohy I have thrown ambition and future to the winds, why I aht Need I tell you? Do you not know, and have you not known? Areat affliction? Well, I must be cruel I love you! Faithfully and loyally, now and hereafter, through this sad day into happier ones I ask nothing for this love I offer; I ask only that I ood times or bad"

"Ask what you will," she whispered "I am happy now!"