and was arranging some of the bot
tle i strapped aloni. its sides, lie .tad
returned from a professional call, and
had not readjusted the contents of the
car.es before leu vine the -v^?t room he
had been visiting
"Do vou remember," he asked, wnen
vou were a little girl. bow en?er jou
liMCd f. be to play with this medic.ne
???atchel of mine. I couldn't get you to
ker,i ; iiir batid? o.V It. Vou were f..r
fver auk In it which phials held poison
and?" . . -
"I remember." she laughed, ati<l i
still feel a .ir'rt of morbid interest in
it 1 ustd t" you t.. pivp me a
. ase like tiiifl for Christmas. It wan
ili?- only tiling you ever refined me."
? Ii i.-i Hi only thiiiK I ever could
have ha,| tli<> heart to refute you," he
said fondly. "M> most haunting fear
in life has always been that some
harm miuht some time befall you.
You are all ! have that makes life
worth while, and any mischance to you
would break my lienrt and my lif-?
with it. Always remember that, tny
da rlinn "
She drew his head down to her own
and kissed him. He put his arms lov
Inslv about her. but llrst be onrefullv
laid' aside one of the tiny phials be
bad taken from the case.
