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dream and so he made her drink again from the
glass, smoothed her pillow and watched, re-
joicing, as her lids softly closed and she fell
again into the easy sleep that was so different
from the feverish stupor that had held her for
days.

Betty was safe. He thanked God, and for
the first time in several hours he moved from
his chair, walked over to the window and looked
out:

A space of clear land lay in sight, a space
where there had been thick woods when he had
gone west. Across it he could see the red
brick mansion in the Park that had once been

| his. It stood as before; nothing changed, ex-

cept for a neglected and weatherbeaten air
it had. No one had lived in it in the years ~

‘since his wife and Betty had had to give it up.

How many years ago was that? Seven? Eight?
He counted back and decided that eight years
had passed since then.

The English cousins had tried to sell it,
having no wish to come to Canada; they put it
in agents’ hands. But times were hard in
Ontario during those years; little property was
changing hands and there was no gale for

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