YOURS WITH ALL MY HEART 



she is between one and the light, and she 

 dances like a little sprite." 



"Or else Starlight, for her beautiful soft 

 eyes; or little Sweetheart, she is so loving," 

 suggested the gentleman. I knew they were 

 talking about me, so I paused and pricked 

 up my delicately veined ears, my right foot 

 poised in air, and looked from one to the 

 other, with my great questioning eyes. 



"They are all sweet names, and fit her 

 well, but some way I like Fairy best; it is 

 musical and easily called, and again there 

 is something so etherial about her. Maybe 

 she will prove our little good genius who 

 knows!" 



"Well, Fairy shall be her name then - 

 but I thought we were not going to keep 

 her?" laughed the gentleman. 



"I shall leave that to you at the end of 

 the two weeks," responded the lady, with a 

 true woman's tact for paving the way 

 smoothly. 



" Fairy, Fairy, Fairy-Moo-oon-light ! " 

 hummed the gentleman, to the sweetest little 

 tune, fixing his eyes on mine, and I under- 

 stood from that moment that my name was 

 Fairy-Moonlight, and in all the years to 



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