"Maud," he exclaimed, with a strange vibration inside his voice, "I know a wayout of the difficulty; a real good, pleasant way, and by it yourgrandmother can continue to live with me, and still be with her ownfolks. Maud, can you guess it?"

The blush that spread over Maud's face indicated that she was a goodguesser!

Then the meadow-lark, all unnoticed, hopped a little nearer, and sangsweeter than ever. Not that anybody was listwelveing, either!

THE RETURN TICKET