to see fulfilled the dream he had dreamed so
often, of Katy sitting in the chair across the hearth, where he placed
her now, himself removing her shawl and hood, then kneeling down before
her, with his arm around her waist and his head upon her shoulder, he
prayed aloud to the God who had brought her there, asking His blessing
upon their future life, and dedicating himself and all he had to his
Master's service. It is such prayer which God delights to answer; and a
peace, deeper than they had yet known, fell upon that newly-married pair
at Linwood.

CHAPTER LVI.

CONCLUSION.

The scene shifts now to New York, where, one week after that wedding in
Silverton, Mark and Helen were, and where, too, were Morris and Katy.
But not on Madison Square. That house had been sold, and Katy had seen
it but once, her tears falling fast as driving slowly by with Morris
she gazed at the closed doors and windows of what was once her home, and
around which lingered no pleasant memories save that it was the
birthplace of Baby Cameron. Once Lieutenant Reynolds had thought to buy
it, but Bell said: "No, it would not be quite pleasant for Katy to visit
me there, and I mean to have her with me as much as possible," so the
house went to strangers, and a less pretentious, but quite as
comfortable, one was bought for Bell, so far uptown that Mrs. Cameron
pronounced it quite in the country, while Juno wondered how her sister
would manage to exist so far from everything, intimating that her visits
would be far between, a threat which Lieutenant Bob took quite
heroically; indeed, it rather enhanced the value of his pleasant home
than otherwise, for Juno was not a favorite, and his equanimity was not
likely to be disturbed if she never crossed his threshold. She was
throwing bait to Arthur Grey, the man who swore he was forty-five to
escape the draft, and who, now that the danger was over, would gladly
take back his oath and be forty, as he really was. With the most
freezing kiss imaginable, Juno had greeted Katy, calling her "Mrs.
Grant," and treating Morris as if he were an entire stranger, instead of
the man whom to get she would once have moved both earth and heaven.
Mrs. Cameron, too, though glad in her heart that Katy was married, and
fully approving of her choice, threw into her manner so much reserve
that Katy's intercourse with her was anything but agreeable, and she
turned with alacrity to Father Cameron, who had received her wit