JOHN JARDINE'S COURTSHIP THE following morning they breakfasted together under the branches of the big maple tree in a beautiful world.

Mrs.Jardine was so happy she could only taste a bite now and then, when urged to.

Kate was trying to keep her head level, and be natural.

John Jardine wanted to think of everything, and succeeded fairly well.

It seemed to Kate that he could invent more ways to spend money, and spend it with freer hand, than any man she ever had heard of, but she had to confess that the men she had heard about were concerned with keeping their money, not scattering it.
"Did you hear unusual sounds when John came to bid me good-night ?" asked Mrs.Jardine of Kate.
"Yes," laughed Kate, "I did.