When I first come to the mountains,--after living in Fairlands all winter,--I always dance--the mountains feel so big and strong.

And sometimes I dance in the moonlight--when it feels so soft and light and clean; or in the twilight--when it's so still, and the air is so--so full of the day that has come home to rest and sleep; and sometimes when I am away up under the big pines and the wind, from off the mountain tops, under the sky, sings through the dark branches." "But don't you ever dance to please your friends ?" "Oh, no--I don't dance to _please_ any one--only just when it's for myself--when nothing else will do--when I _must_.

Of course, sometimes, Myra or Brian Oakley or Mrs.Oakley are with me--but they don't matter, you know.

They are so much a part of me that I don't mind." "I wonder if you will ever dance for me ?" Again, she shook her head.

"I don't think so.