hese glories, and they were drinking it in to
their fullest capacity. They had sat in silence for a while, when Penloe
said: "Stella, I have not had anything that has given me more
satisfaction, or that has pleased me more, and given me encouragement in
my work, so much as the courageous spirit manifested by you on the day
that you in a public way freed yourself from bondage. You taught the
people a lesson they will never forget. That was a grand act, Stella,
and you built into your character on that day qualities which will stand
all trials and temptations; you made a good karma for yourself. Think
how your act has helped others out of bondage."

Stella said: "Penloe, it gives me pleasure to hear your approval of what
I have done. But is it not only the fruits of your own work, after all?
Did you not take Stella, a green, ignorant girl as she was, and lead her
to her freedom?"

Penloe said: "Yes, Stella, I did one kind of work, and you did another;
my work was easy compared to yours. I instructed you, but it was you who
put the instruction in practice, and that counts."

"Penloe," said Stella, taking his hand in hers, "I realize that fully,
for no one but you could have taught me as you did. No one but you could
have given me the light and knowledge I so much needed, no one but you
could help me open the door which led me into the spiritual world, and
when I entered that world, you were there as my spiritual companion.

"Penloe, you have been my very dear social companion, you have been my
very dear intellectual companion, and you have been my very dear
spiritual companion. Your companionship has been that of the truest
friendship, for your every act and thought has been to raise me up to a
higher plane, and I would not be true to my highest and best nature if I
did not tell you that I love you as I can love no other man. You
possessed my heart long before to-night. Do you love Stella, Penloe, and
do you want her to be your life companion, to help you in your noble
work, to love you, and to live the Divine life with you?"

Penloe said: "Stella, dear, what I have done for you I would do for any
one; but darling, I love you intensely. Yes, dear one, your love to me
is bliss, and there is no one whose companionship I love and enjoy more
than yours, dear Stella, for I see so much of the Divine manifested in
you." And here Penloe took the dear girl to him, and they were both lost
in bliss.

I looked at the moon just t