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"But ht it all out I have no right to be alive, so what right have I to be any man's wife?"

"Nonsense, dearest You are alive, and you live for me, as I do for you You have saved my life; you must save ether so coe God's evident purpose I love you for yourself, Jane That is enough There has not been an instant in which I have felt that any circumstance could alter et that you may have mine, dearest--and it is not s You must be my wife, Jane"

"I cannot, Graydon That is final Don't! Don't plead, dear It will not avail Look into my eyes Don't you see that Ito me You can't "

"Hush! you , and I am still your nurse Be---"

"You are ive you up It's ridiculous to take this stand Be sensible Look at it from my point of view"

"There is only one point of view and love has nothing to do with it Co else Have you heard from your--your father? Does he know you've been injured?"

He looked long into her tense face and then muttered, with the sullen despair of the sick: "I don't know I've had no word froiven your na about you recently Your father will surely write to you now"

"Are you eager to have him do so? I should think you'd hate his na for dad, Jane I tried to curse hiood to s they say he's done"

"There et your by says--all that Oh, I've gone over all of it, and I am convinced I wonder what has become of him He was afraid of--of--well, there was talk of an arrest before I left I have not looked at a newspaper since I saw the headlines that awfulGod, how they must have hurt you!"