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"Afraid, little girl?" he asked her once

"No, not afraid," she answered; and their eyes th o e, what endurance! The future of the hurew silent And for a long while they sat and watched the embers of the fire; and the day waned Slowly the sun set in its glory over the virgin hills; the far eastern spaces of the sky grew bathed in tender lavenders and purples Haze drew its veils across the world, and the air greith evenfall

Presently the girl arose, to throw er-skin, clasped with gold, she oddess Stern race and strength of that young body, the swelling warmth of her bosom And as he looked he loved; he pressed a hand to his eyes; for a while he thought--it was as though he prayed

Evening caht Off there in the shallows gradually arose the s, shrill and --the cry of new life to the overarching, implacable mystery of the universe The first faint silvery powder of the stars caan to reel across the sky The solemn beauty of the scene awed the woainst the bole of the great oak, encircled Beatrice with his arm

Her beautiful dear head rested in the hollow of his throat; her warrant hair caressed his cheek; he felt the wholesoth and sweetness of this woman wholeaht

Beatrice watched, like a contented child, the dancing showers of sparks that rose, wavering and whirling in coolden as the unknown future of their drea of the waves along the shore All was rest and peace and beauty; this was Eden once again--and there was no serpent to enter in

Presently Stern spoke

"Dear," said he, "do you know, I'ht and day, and tes like that Puzzled We're facing problems here that we don't realize fully as yet"

"Problems? What problems, except to make our home, and--and live?"

"No, there's more to be considered than just that In the first place, although I have no tiht are shorter now than they used to be before the smash-up There must be a difference of at least half an hour Just as soon as I can get around to it, I'll build a clock, and see Though if the force of gravity has changed, too, that, of course, will change the time of vibration of any pendulum, and so of course will invalidate h"