"Oh, oh, oh, dear Lord!" she said.

"I'm not afraid to tell you anything I ever did, mother," declared Kitty firmly; "though I'm not prepared to tell you everything I've felt.

I kissed him as he slept.

He didn't wake, he just lay there sleeping--sleeping." A strange, distant, dreaming look came into her eyes.

She smiled like one who saw a happy vision, and an eerie expression stole into her face.