But I wish--oh, how I wish--that father could have lived to know you, too." For some time they watched the dancing camp fire flames in silence, as though they had found in their love that true oneness that needs no spoken word.
Then Stanford said, "And to think that we expected to wait two years or more, and now--thanks to a soulless corporation--we are here in a little less than a year!" "Thanks to no soulless corporation for that, sir," retorted Helen with spirit.

"But thanks to the brains and strength and character of my husband." Two of the three weeks' vacation granted the engineer had passed when Mrs.Manning, one afternoon, informed her husband that as the ordained provider for the household it was imperative that he provide some game for their evening meal.
"And what does Her Majesty, the cook, desire ?" he asked.

"Venison, perhaps ?" She shook her head with decision.

"You will be obliged to go too far, and be gone too long, to get a deer." "But you're going with me, of course." Again she shook her head.

"I have something else to do.