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icily. She did not order him away, but walked beside him, thinking, thinking hard. He was the only person in the city whojiad ever cared for her. The thought of losing him seemed unbearable. Little by little something of an affection for him had crept into her heart. She turned toward him presently, her eyes brimming with tears. "God forgive me, I am too weak to say what I should say," she said. "Have' pity on me and leave me. Help me against my self!" He drew her into the shelter of a doorway and pleaded with her. She felt the last atom of her strength leaving her. She thought of the store, with its dreaded mo notony, and then of life with him. None need ever know that the bond between them was not a legal one. Life would hold some thing for her after all, not the endless monotony of the years that she saw stretching away be fore her. "Wintergreen ! Sweet winter green !" cried a voice beside her. , She started violently. A ped dler's cart had stopped before the curb, laden with flowers and greenery. And in the hand that he thrust out toward her she saw the plant that suddenly awakened such poignant memories, laden with its clustering berries. And suddenly the past year was blotted from . her mind. In St. Joachim woods the wintergreen was bearing fruit again. And Andre was waiting, as he had gworn to wait "Good-by," she said, looking at him steadily. "I am going home. I shall never see you again." And something in her voice told him that her resolve was inexorable. Clutching a spray of winter green against her heart, Lisette slipped into the crowds. o o TO NATURE By A. Rosenthal.- Come ye birds, trees, flowers and all, Come to my command, and list to my call. Tell me the delight you feel and see As you watch the slcy, the land, - the sea. For as I watch the wonders day by day, The setting sun, the burning ray, I feel so happy, bright and free, That in gratitude I raise my hands to thee. ' And thank thee for thy beauties rare, For all the, wonders of nature so fair. And I am glad I am alive and well, That my heart is free, no dark secrets to tell. . That I can appreciate all the beauties I se, And know that all thanks are due to thee. Oh nature, so beautiful, bright. and gay, I worship you more from day to . da