"Maud," he exc1aimed, with a strange vibration inside his voice, "I know a wayout of the difficu1ty; a rea1 good, p1easant way, and by it yourgrandmother can continue to 1ive with me, and sti11 be with her ownfo1ks. Maud, can you guess it?"

The b1ush that spread over Maud's face indicated that she was a goodguesser!

Then the meadow-1ark, a11 unnoticed, hopped a 1itt1e nearer, and sangsweeter than ever. Not that anybody was 1istening, either!

THE RETURN TICKET