had a fair show."

Rupert and Sheba walked slowly side by side. They saw and felt
everything. If a bird stirred with a sleepy sound, they stopped to listen
and smiled tremulously at each other. More than once Sheba knelt down and
hid her face among the flowers, kissing them. Her arms were full of white
blossoms. She and Rupert had made white garlands for her hair and waist,
such as she had worn the night he had first seen her standing on her
little balcony. When Rupert held her to his side, the scent from their
crushed petals filled the air they breathed. The early night was at its
stillest and fairest, and the moonlight seemed to flood all the world,
when Sheba stopped and looked up, speaking softly:

"Shall we go now?" she said. "The moon will be shining down between the
pines. It will be so quiet."

"Yes," he answered. "Let us go now."

They had planned weeks ago the things they were going to do. They were
going to say good-night to the small mound at Blair's Hollow.

When they left their horses at the foot of the hill even the pines could
not look darkly under the fair light. The balmy air passing through their
branches made a sound as if it was hushing a child to sleep.

The little mound lay in the soft brightness of clear moonbeams. Sheba
knelt beside it and began to lay her bridal blossoms on the grass-covered
earth. Rupert stood and watched her. His heart beat with a reverent,
rapturous tremor. She looked like a young angel.

She bent down and laid her cheek upon the grass; her arm was thrown out
as if she clasped something to her girl's breast. She spoke in a
whisper--thrilled with love. "I am happy," she said. "I am happy. Oh, do
you hear? Do you hear?"

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