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"Yet a cablegram f o r Private Jimmy Cline, exactly fourteen days
later said, ' A l l yours Jimmy, always'—signed 'Adele.' "

Four sighs of relief met this last remark and Margey, pent up
w i t h a m i l l i o n questions, just had to let one go. " O h , I ' m so glad
it turned out a l l r i g h t . I just knew you were going to say you were
found out or something worse. Didn't Jimmy ever know, and
didn't—" Here Tuney stopped her.

"You silly c h i l d , of course not. Adele ignored me altogther.
Jimmy read her next letter to me. I n i t she asked h i m not to be
too familiar with the nurses, f o r they were very common types of
girls. J i m m y and I laughed over this part, but he didn't guess the
irony of it. Just before Jimmy left Montiers, he received a letter
embossed w i t h our dear o l d A O I I insignia. M y , but i t seemed
good to see i t ! O f course, I had to inquire w i t h a l l haste, whom
he knew of my sisters. I t was—Adele!" T u n e y eyes sparkled i n
the last flickerings of the firelight. "Wasn't that the most glorious
thing?"

" Y o u see, Adele was a freshman at the A r t school i n N e w York,
where we installed a chapter last year. I was dying to tell Jimmy
all this, but did not dare to, after the a w f u l thing I had done. I
never can make myself realize that I showed a sister the road to
happiness. You see, we never know when we are doing a service to
our best f r i e n d . "

Here Margery couldn't refrain any longer. "But just think,
girls, she called T u n e y 'common'! Imagine i t ! "

Tuney was smiling at the flames. " T o t h i n k it's a l l over and for-
gotten now! T h e w o r l d soon forgets. Adele was only a child
t h e n ; she w i l l learn—but she, too, w i l l forget, and I hope forgive
my—"

T h e fire was d y i n g down to the grayish-gold ashes and even M a r -
gery was silent. Four pairs of eyes f o l l o w e d Tuney's toward the
darkening fireplace and f o u r girls pondered the significance of that
last sentence.

Spend after your genius, and by system. Success lies in the relation of
income to outgo.

R. W. EMERSON, Conduct oj Life.