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Dece, John Burke or Kitty Such a battle as I've had with the over John's absence Indeed, though of course I wished to see him, I dreaded it; I was so happy, just as I was, and I had so s to think about, so many dreaht the little prairie school and praised e course I was proud of his regard, because every one respected him; and last June I promised to marry him

We said then that our love wasn't just a "co-ed flirtation," because he was a grown man and not a student any more But--but--but last June I wasn't-Why, I've but just coe for the proudest throne on earth, and I reat world I haven't yet had tis out or realisefoolish Wise love can wait

He came while I was at school

When I found him here, he actually didn't know er whose face drew, yet puzzled him Then he was attracted by my beauty, then for a moment dismayed, and then--why, he was really so azed at me as if I were not quite real; with reverence His eyes lory and the radiance of me shone in them He worshipsthat

He was just as he has always been, but soer, stronger, more bucolic His clothes looked coarse His collar was low for thealarb, but his bold dark eyes and short hair aggressively brushed to a standstill, as he used to say, looked anything but ministerial It was plain that he was a man of sense and spirit, one to be proud of; plain that he was a country his thick shoes any more than I could his hurt face when I was distant and his ardour theof his looks and picking flahen three irl myself--that I know--I don't knohat I should have done, if Kitty hadn't returned