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"Bo, be happy--and be good Don't ride off any ht in the end"

Bo recovered her equanih

"Huot a ht He's like a fish on dry land And you--why, once you were an old pessied Helen could only sigh and pray that her convictions would be verified

The first day of July brought an early thunder-storm, just at sunrise It roared and flared and rolled away, leaving a gorgeous golden cloud pageant in the sky and a fresh, sweetly shted Helen's eye

Birds were twittering in the arbors and bees were hu the brook ca of swamp-blackbird and meadow-lark A clarion-voiced burro split the air with his coarse and ho, and a soft baa of little lambs came sweetly to Helen's ears She went her usual rounds with more than usual zest and thrill Everywhere was color, activity, life The wind sarhts, now black and bold, and the great green slopes seemed to call to her

At that very moment she came suddenly upon Dale, in his shirt-sleeves, dusty and hot, standingstartled hi She thrilled at the clear, wonderful light of his eyes

"So was I--a o," she replied, wistfully "Do youBut I'd like to ride with you under the pines once erly

"Oh--soon!" And then with flushed face and downcast eyes she passed on For long Helen had cherished a fond hope that she ht be married in Paradise Park, where she had fallen in love with Dale and had realized herself But she had kept that hope secret Dale's eager tone, his flashing eyes, had made her feel that her secret was there in her telltale face

As she entered the lane leading to the house she encountered one of the new stable-boys driving a pack-mule

"Jim, whose pack is that?" she asked

"Ma'am, I dunno, but I heard him tell Roy he reckoned his naave a quick throb That sounded like Las Vegas She hurried on, and upon entering the courtyard she espied Roy Bee There was another horse with anotheron the far side When he stepped into better view Helen recognized Las Vegas And he saw her at the same instant