YOURS WITH ALL MY HEART 



could see Beulah's soft cheeks blushing red 

 as the rose I had stolen. 



How glad I was that neither papa nor 

 mamma, nor any one else, happened to come 

 on the veranda. I wanted them all to my- 

 self, and more than that, something told me 

 that they two loved to sit alone together in 

 this happy quiet, watching the crimson glow 

 over land and sea fading to dusky purple. 

 When the great round moon came climbing 

 up above the whispering pines, casting a 

 silvery trail over the bright, rippling waters, 

 they said she turned all to fairy-land, which 

 I felt was some implied compliment to 

 me, for was not my name 'Fairy-Moon- 

 light?" 



How they laughed as I bridled my slender 

 head from side to side with a birdlike preen- 

 ing motion, and then with little whirls and 

 flourishes, and loud spatting of my tiny feet 

 on the piazza floor, I told them as plain as 

 day that I was impatient to show them the 

 way into this enchanted land. 



Gaylord was not slow to take the hint. 



' Shall we stroll on the shore ? the night is so 



beautiful!' he asked, and Beulah answered: 



Yes, little Fairy will be so delighted, 



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