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"You will come with me, dear? You will let me give you your heart's
wish--you will go with me into the life for which you are so fitted?"
"Do you really want me, Patches?" she asked timidly, as though in her
mind there was still a shadow of doubt.
"More than anything in the world," he urged. "Say yes. Kitty. Say that
you will be my wife."
The answer came softly, with a hint of questioning, still.
"Yes."
Kitty did not notice that the man had not spoken of his love for her.
There were so many other things for her to consider, so many other
things to distract her mind. Nor did the man notice that Kitty herself
had failed to speak in any way that little word, which, rightly
understood, holds in its fullest, deepest meaning, all of life's
happiness--of labor and accomplishment--of success and triumph--of
sacrifice and sorrow; holds, in its fullest, deepest meaning, indeed,
all of life itself.
CHAPTER XV.
ON CEDAR RIDGE.
Kitty's friends were very glad to welcome her at their camp in Granite
Basin. The incident which had so rudely broken the seclusion of their
honeymoon had been too nearly a tragedy to be easily forgotten.
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