about four miles distant, and then telephone the Sheldons to come for
us. I am sure they must be worried; they are probably searching the
lake for us. The road is good, that is one thing in our favor. Do you
feel equal to the walk, or do you prefer to be left here while I go
for help?"

"Indeed I shall not be left here all alone. I could walk twice that
distance!" They started off, hand in hand......

And for three wonderful months hand in hand they wandered. Only two
people lived in this wonderful world for this man and this woman. All
its wealth and beauty: its unutterable joys: its pleasures and stores
of infinite happiness: all their very own! Together they wandered down
life's leafy lanes, treading its quiet paths: together they drank deep
of nature and enjoyed every moment without a thought of tomorrow. The
flowers shed their sweetest perfumes, the birds sang their sweetest
songs, and each leaf and bough nodded as though they knew. Of all men,
he was the one God made, and she,--the woman.... Their souls responded
to spiritual intuitions: their minds entwined as do the ivy and the
oak...

So beautiful was the love and devotion of this man and this woman,
that every one who knew them was in sympathy with them; they were
envied by those who had never known such blissful peace and delirious
delight. These two people were planning a beautiful home on the banks
of the Truckee. There had been a sweet confession from Helen: her case
would soon be up for hearing and all would be well.... But alas!
suddenly Helen was taken seriously ill. Three days later she died in
the hospital. What was the matter? No one knows! With her last breath:
"It has all been worth while, Jack dear," she whispered.