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The half hour following this re pleasant Proud, passionate, strong-willed Ellen Jorth found herself a victi emotions The event of the day was too close She could not understand it Disgust and disdain and scorn could notwith Jean Isbel as if it had never been Pride could not efface it from her et, the stronger grew a significance of interest And when a hint of this dawned upon her consciousness she resented it so forcibly that she lost her temper, scattered the camp fire, and went into the little teepee tent to roll in her blankets

Thus settled snug and war of her tent, she shut her eyes and confidently bade sleep end her perplexities But sleep did not come at her invitation She found herself wide awake, keenly sensitive to the sputtering of the ca of lary sharp bark of coyotes off in the distance Darkness was no respecter of her pride The lonesoht with its ee thoughts, a confusing ense the dayti her to slumber

Ellen awakened late and failed of her usual alacrity Both Pepe and the shepherd dog appeared to regard her with surprise and solicitude Ellen's spirit was low this ht a mournful tendency to feel sorry for herself And at first she was not very successful There see in melancholy which her common sense told her had no reason for existence But states of mind persisted in spite of common sense

"Pepe, when is Antonio coive her a satisfactory answer Ellen had willingly taken the sheep herder's place for a few days, but now she was ireen-and-brown aisles of the forest until she was tired Antonio did not return Ellen spent the day with the sheep; and in the ot herself This day saw the end of la-time for that season The forest resounded to a babel of baas and bleats When night cao to bed, for ith loss of sleep, and weariness she could scarcely keep her eyes open