In the shadow of the clump and nearest the brook was a fourth grave apart and, to the girl, now thrillingly mysterious: LORELLA LENOX BORN MAY 9, 1859 DIED JULY 17, 1879 Twenty years old! Susan's tears scalded her eyes.

Only a little older than her cousin Ruth was now--Ruth who often seemed to her, and to everybody, younger than herself.

"And she was good--I know she was good!" thought Susan.

"_He_ was bad, and the people who took his part against her were bad.

But _she_ was good!" She started as Sam's voice, gay and light, sounded directly behind her.