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"The sun! At last! The--"

Stern caught his feeble body as he fell

Down on the sands they laid him To the stilled heart Stern laid his ear

Tears were in his eyes, too, and in the girl's, as Stern shook his head, silently

Up over the time-worn, the venerable, the kindly face they drew the mantle, but not before each had reverently kissed the wrinkled forehead

"Better thus," whispered the engineer "Far better, every way He had his wish; he felt the sunshine on his face; his outgoing spirit ht and air and sky--with daith springtih her tears she s