rust. Pierre is to be the
Countess's especial care.

That lovely lady has received her daughter Louise within her arms, a
daughter who for the first time can look upon the mother of whose
loving care she was deprived for a score of years. In a few moments
Henriette summons her sister to her side as a young man, whom we
should all recognize, joins the little company.

"Allow me to present to your new eyes Monsieur Maurice de Vaudrey--"
then with a shy smile and a glance back and forth, Henriette adds:

"_Do you approve of him?_"

Recurs the memory of that almost forgotten incident in the Normandy
home--Henriette's promise to stay single till the blind sister should
win sight and approve the suitor. Louise is so happy that she decides
to tease. She is about to shake her small head and her lips to frame
"NO!" But in another moment she uses her new gift to inspect the
marvelous young man of whose perfections she had so often heard.

She looks at Maurice from top to toe; the shapely head covered with
luxuriant locks, the fine brown eyes, the Apollo features comely yet
sensitive, the elegant form, small hands and feet, the graceful and
chivalrous carriage--the MAN who is looking at her with a kindly
affectionate smile. Really, Henriette hadn't told her half enough! She
clasps her sister with one hand, Maurice with the other, cries:
"YES!"

We may leave our hero and heroine there--as Louise and the oldsters
presently left them--to taste the exquisite happiness of mutual love.
For Love is stronger than Death, and must prevail. And the kisses of
Maurice and Henriette blotted out all the wrack and nightmare of the
"Orphans of the Storm!"

THE END

EDGAR RICE BURROUGH'S NOVELS

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

TARZAN THE UNTAMED

Tells of Tarzan's return to the life of the ape-man in his search for
vengeance on those who took from him his wife and home.

JUNGLE TALES OF TARZAN

Records the many wonderful exploits by which Tarzan proves his right
to ape kingship.

A PRINCESS OF MARS

Forty-three million miles from the earth--a succession of the
weirdest and most astounding adventures in fiction. John Carter,
American, finds himself on the planet Mars, battling for a beautiful
woman, with the Green Men of Mars, terrible creatures fifteen feet
high, mounted on horses like dragons.

THE GODS OF MARS

Continuing John Carter's adventures on the Planet Mars, in which he