ds, turned back, found another
road, and started toward a peak.

"I wonder what lies beyond the top of this climb?" said Claire.

"More mountains, and more, and more, and we're going to keep on climbing
them forever. At dawn, we'll still be going on. And that's our life."

"Ye-es, providing we can still buy gas."

"Lord, that's so."

"Speaking of which, did you know that I have a tiny bit of money--it's
about five thousand dollars--of my own?"

"But---- That makes it impossible. Young tramp marrying lady of huge
wealth----"

"No, you don't! I've accepted you. Do you think I'm going to lose the
one real playmate I've ever had? It was so lonely on the Boltwoods'
brown stoop till Milt came along and whistled impertinently and made the
solemn little girl in frills play marbles and---- Watch out for that
turn! Heavens, how I have to look after you! Is there a class in cooking
at your university? No--do--not--kiss--me--on--a--turn!"

This is the beginning of the story of Milt and Claire Daggett.

The prelude over and the curtain risen on the actual play, they face the
anxieties and glories of a changing world. Not without quarrels and
barren hours, not free from ignorance and the discomfort of finding that
between the mountain peaks they must for long gray periods dwell in the
dusty valleys, they yet start their drama with the distinction of being
able to laugh together, with the advantage of having discovered that
neither Schoenstrom nor Brooklyn Heights is quite all of life, with the
cosmic importance to the tedious world of believing in the romance that
makes youth unquenchable.

THE END.

B. M. BOWER'S NOVELS

May be had wherever books are sold. Ask for Grosset & Dunlap's list.

CHIP OF THE FLYING U. Wherein the love affairs of Chip and Delia Whitman
are charmingly and humorously told.

THE HAPPY FAMILY. A lively and amusing story, dealing with the
adventures of eighteen jovial, big-hearted Montana cowboys.

HER PRAIRIE KNIGHT. Describing a gay party of Easterners who exchange a
cottage at Newport for a Montana ranch-house.

THE RANGE DWELLERS. Spirited action, a range feud between two families,
and a Romeo and Juliet courtship make this a bright, jolly story.

THE LURE OF THE DIM TRAILS. A vivid portrayal of the experience of an
Eastern author among the cowboys.

THE LONESOME TRAIL. A little branch of sage brush and the recollection
of a pair of large brown eyes upset "Weary" Davidson's pl