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It was the night--that night--when you took me home--when you found me in the--when you gave me new courage and a fresh outlook on life--when you made a man of me." Dorcas rose and stood facing him with her eyes searching him. "Why didn't you do it?" she asked. "Because," said Merry, unsteadily, "do you remember you--no I--I-- asked you---when a man had fallen as low as I had if he had anything left that would pull him to his feet. You said, 'Yes, so long as he has honor, there i is no end of a chance for him." "Oh!" cried Dorcas aghast. "Oh, to think that I should have put that in your way!" "Put what in my way? Dearest, that night I came around the corner-- I had been wandering: in the desert. Suddenly I found sunshine, I found lave and hope, 1 found you. That night--when you went away--I began to understand that it was the most wonderful chance God ever put in a man's way." An instant later his arms were about her and she felt his kiss upon for you, and yet I confess I would rather be with you in heaven." He flushed and his face grew grave. "You are mine--all mine--and I am yours, so wholly and truly yours that I have grown to think of this world as mere- ly one spot--one little spot--where we can make a home and I can have you beside me--for the rest of my life." CHAPTER XXV. Wentworth's chamber was dim as twilight when Merry entered. The] outer world lay white and breathless under a dazzling sun, and the sudden | change to a darkened sickroom for a moment made Andrew grope vaguely on the threshold. As his eyes became accustomed to the dusk he saw a white-gowned nurse standing beside the bed. Under the sheet lay the mo- tionless outline of the man's long body, the head wound with snowy bandages. Merry's hands gripped together con- vulsively, The nails cut into his palms and an ache which hurt tugged at his heart. 'Wentworth's chamber held memories for him: he thought of nights when he had lain helpless upon that same bed and Enoch had taken care of him in a lumbering fashion. During these days he had seen the rugged face grow wan from want of sleep; still for him a smile always lit sher cheek. cannot be your wife?" at her in bewildered dismay. "Yes, that is what I mean," whispered tremueously. understand ? with the thought wrong constantly between wus? could never forget it. this! and--" who saved my life," sionately. ing you, dearest? loving you? The best sugar for | the sugar bowl is Lantic Sugan Its purity and "fine" granulation give it the highly sweeten- ing power. It die- solves instantly in your teacup or on yourbreakfast cereal. 2 and 5-Ib Cartons ' 14 9 " Suddenly, as the last remnant of an "Don't," 'cried Dorcas. Don't!" $ She freed herself from his clasp and old scab sloughs off, every fragment held him away from her. "Can't you of hatred, of resentment at injustice, 'understand, don't you see, Andrew, after what Enoch did to you, that 1 "You cannot--be--my--" He stared she! "Don't you, How could I marry you | of this horrible Remember it was Enoch, my. brother--don't you understand ?--my brother--who did How sould you go on loving me Remember. was your brother said Merry pas- "How could I go on lov- How could I stop 1 could go through hell ; Fi ate upon the pillow Moved and 9 es. lowly 0g- nition 5 faihed fen x Len a smile the stern features. of pain and rebellion which for ten '"No, old man; no. I didn't have scratch. You took it all. days, with everything buried, buried so deep tha neither of us "will ever give /it an. other thought." man. Merry's grip. long as life lasts." med the eyes of the sick man. long as life lasts! That won't be a little while ago. said something just before he went. I thought of it this morning--'m that what hes aid? I felt lonely--and I know--" "Listen, Enoch." Merry spoke with a tone of passionate conviction, "Look here, old man, you're not going home in the dark not yet. You've got thirty or forty years before that homegoing." He turned imperatively to the nurse, "Push back the curtains, won't you? Push them away back. There's a glo- rious sun shining--Ilet it in." : - The woman understood. She ran up a curtain and flung back the shutters. The room grew suddenly white and radiant. "There!" cried Merry. ing home in the dark? sun is shining! Go home in the dark, the idea!" A pathetic eagerness flushed into "Talk of go- months had been warping his nature and clouding his life fell away from Merry's heart. ' The love, the implicit | upon the older man, came flooding ! back into his soul like a high tide. All! | that had stood between him and Went- | ! worth seemed unimportant compared | with the vital fact that they had been | and still were friends, When the nurse beckoned he stole noiselessly across the floor. She pointed to a chair by the bedside. | "He has dozed off," she explained in 8 low whisper. "He asked for you just, before he went to sleep. I told him, | you were coming. Sit here so that 'he can see you when he wakes up." | Merry dropped into a chair. He! began to see perfectly through the | gloom. Wentworth's grim gaunt face had startled him for a minute, The | eyelids were closed, with depths a shadow below them. The man's domi- nating nose stood out like a poietic) against the white pillow... The mus- tache had been shaved away and lines, chiseled by days and nights of pain, wrinkled "about the. quiet mouth. | Merry sat staring at the haggard face with a dull, tugging hope in his soul, which he could not voice even to Dor- | cas. He wanted time--time enough to tell Enoch that the old enmity was dead, that the old love was alive, strengthened by new ties. © A spasm of pain ran through the sick man's face, wrinkling the pallid forehead and twitching the lips. Merry look- | ed up at the nurse. She read the question in his eyes. "No," she whispered, "he is going to live. His brain is clear now. He has a great constitution. That was the only thing that saved him." =. | The woman had a strong, intell- ligent face and her manner was full | of calm conviction. She was not young and must have watched over many a battle between life and death. She knew! Merry sighed with relief and peace of mind, even with a mad throb of joy. ' The thought of Dorcas and the future. came with the orca ls Y that there was still time to take up the old 'bonds of love _to begin life again, abont the lined mouth. noch!" The lie bed, Tr n- on his knees {SOnfdenee even the boyish dependence Frere rrr rrr rrr, glare of the sunshine showed clearly the wanness and ghastly shadows in the bandaged face. "She says," the actor pointed over his shoulder nurse, "she says you are out on the | highroad--ecoming back to stay with i 74 Es rrr il Z Ty rrr I YT ze meal looks for Canadians The Royal Naval Canadian Volunteer Reserve 3 Overseas Division Bor fren pts i pda The Nearest Naval Recruiting Station or to the Department of the I I roar Tol tor rrr rrr rrr a You saved my life, as you have done more than once, and, Enoch, you understand-- we are back where we stood in the old everything forgotten, The thrill of warmth over that strongest of all things human--a bro- ken friendship made warm and secure again--ran like the vigor of transfus- ed blood through the veins of the sick Happiness flushed into the wan face and his feeble strength returned Andrew laughed aloud. "You under- stand, Enoch, we are friends--friends that nothing can separate again as The wistfulness of gratitude dim- "As a great while, Boy," he whispered husk- ily; "only now--it is all right--and it seems different. I felt like a coward to bring up any subject that might dis- You remember |turb him, | that writing chap who died lately? He| mind, something that harasses him. afraid to go home in the dark'--wasn't See how the! the eyes of the man on the bed. The! at the white-gowned, -| He hated to go, leaving you before '| HOW SHE FOUGHT FOR; SERBIA. || later to the grade of sergeant. While '| nouncement that she 'is "eagerly with a - The sick man looked up. The con- fession in his eyes was pathetic. seems ages since I was happy, Boy." "Well, you're not going to be al- THE CANADA STARCH CQ. LIMITED _ aod Candles", wil show you | 8ges. You've only to lie there and MONTREAL, CARDINAL, BRANTFORD, FORT WILLIAM. ~~ how to make a lot of really get well. It is our business--a sort My 204 "Li EAE Cory Benson corn Starchm delicious dishes with "Crown | of job cut out for Dorcas and me--to gue Brand". Write for a copy to keep you happy, See?" A -------- our Montreal Oftice. "I see," whispered Enoch. The flick- er of a smile stole into his face, It ==== | brought peace and a pale, eager hope- question. "You were not hurt?" he! fulness, as if a thought of restitution whispered. and atonement was drawing in the man's soul. - The nurse lowered the curtain and blotted out the radiance which flooded the room. "The doctor has ordered quiet." she whispered, "and sleep--as much sleep as possible." Merry rose and laid his hand on Wentworth's forehead. "You hear her orders, old man?" He laughed gaily. "It's no use running full tilt against the nursing profession. Each one of them thinks she knows it all! But I'm not going to say 'Good-by." I mean to hang around here from dawn to dark and deep in every time I can sneak past her--or the doctor!" b CHAPTER XXVI. Occasionally during Enoch's conva- lescence Dorcas found him listening to common noises with a feverish anxiety which was half-terror. "I don't know what he wants," said the nurse one day. "I wish I could find out. The doctor orders me not There's something on his | Yesterday I stood on the stair speaks ing to Mrs. Volk and I left him asleep. When I went back he was leaning on his elbow and his eyes were fixed on the door as if he dreaded seeing some one come in. He asked who the wo- man was I had been talking to. His temperature had gone up. I wish I knew what he is worrying about." "I think I understand." said Dor- cas. She returned to the sickroom carry- ing a. bit of needlework. An eager smile came into her brother's eyes when she opened the door. He lay propped up with pillows. She sat down beside his bed. "Shall I read?" she asked. "No; go on with your sewing. I like to see your hands fly with that bright. silk between your fingers. Men have an idea that women are one- "Yes, od ew the biggest part of the Jressrgtion! 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