h the return train to London, then a few questions were
asked of Judy.

"I thought you were going to live with Hilda," said Mildred, looking
curiously at the child.

Mildred was standing a little apart from the others, and Judy, whose
face was pale, for the suffering of her self-sacrifice was still causing
her heart to ache horribly, looked full at her, and said in a low voice:

"That turned out to be a mistake, so I've come home."

"You brave little darling!" said Mildred, understanding everything like
a flash; she stooped and kissed Judy on her forehead.

Babs came rushing into the midst of the group.

"Judy, Judy, I want you," she cried.

"What is it?" asked Judy.

"There's a butterfly coming out of a chrysalis in the butterfly-case;
come quick--he's moving his tail backward and forward--he'll soon be
out; come quick and see him."

The dull look left Judy's eyes; they sparkled with a sudden, swift,
childish joy.

She took Babs' hand, and they rushed away, right round to the back of
the house where the butterfly-case stood.

"Let's take him out, poor darling," she said; "let's put him on a leaf,
and watch him as he gets out of his prison."

Her eyes grew brighter and brighter; she bent low to watch the
resurrection which was going on.

After all the chrysalis and the butterfly were emblems. They were good
omens to Judy that love and hope were not dead.

THE END.

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