YOURS WITH ALL MY HEART 



was all in order, and the roses were bloom- 

 ing, then he could find time to set his camera 

 for pictures. I was always watching to run 

 and pose before him. 



Mamma would say: 'Oh, do make a 

 picture of the lilies this morning- -they are 

 open so wide and beautiful!' Then I 

 would run and sit right in front of the Hebe 



of the fountain and the heart-shaped lily- 

 pond, so as to be in the picture, because I 

 had learned, when I was a little puppy, that 

 it pleased papa and mamma to have me do 

 it. So I would follow him around the whole 

 island, and when he went into his dark room 

 with his red lantern to fix his plates, I 

 would be outside the door and hear him 

 say, as he held them up against the ruby 

 light : 



Well, I declare, if there isn't my dear 

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