And presently Master on Julie, another young man on Queen, my mistress on Jackson, a high-spirited creature, and Ray Lyle on my back, were flying over the smooth country roads. I don't know how it happened, no one seemed to, but Jackson suddenly became frightened, reared, and the next moment had flung his fair, sweet rider to the ground. Her head struck sharply against a small bowlder by the roadside.
Springing from his horse, Dr. Dick was kneeling beside her in a moment, but she lay limp and unconscious. They carried her home. After a time she opened her pretty eyes and whispered to Master:
"Keep Dandy for my sake."
After awhile she roused again, and smiling up into his stricken face she said:
"Meet me—I'll—be—waiting——"
She was gone ere the sentence was finished.
So you see Master's wedding is long deferred, but I know what he means when he says:
"She is waiting and I am coming."
Yes, she laid down the burden of life early, and by and by we will do the same—Master and I.
THE END.