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"Do you think he will be able to do any h?"

"I don't see why The government won't let hiet out of service with an honourable discharge--and h, however That fellow could go on a hike inside of aThis war is about over," growled Harbin

"No sirree! We'll be fighting these fellows for ten years Ah, there's your daughter, Colonel Good-day"

With the first returning strength, freed fro joyous words of love to Jane His eyes were bright with the gladness that his pain had brought She checked his weak outbursts at first, but before ed to resort to a firmness that shocked him into a resentful silence She was even harsh in her command It cut her to the quick to hurt hiainst the future

When he was able to walk out in the grounds, she withdrew farther into the background of their daily life He hungered for her, but she began to avoid hiht starvation to his heart While she was ever attentive to his wants, her ser, and her face was strangely sombre and white

"Jane," he said to her one day as he cao on any longer What is the ht and serious before him, white to the lips, her heart as cold as ice

"I love you, Graydon, with all my soul I shall always love you Please, please, don't ask any more of me You understand, don't you? We cannot be as we once were--never That is ended But, you--you must know that I love you"

"It is sheer madness, dearest, to take that attitude What else in the worldas we love one another? I felt at first that I could not ask you to be ht That was as silly of ainst ht or day I was tempted more than once to desert-but that was io back to you and co He---"