Among them was handsome Tom Reddon.

He came to see her at the Bonner home.

Elsie Banks was to return in September from Honolulu, and they were to be married in the fall.

Wicker Bonner eagerly looked for the confusion of love in her eyes, but none appeared.

That night she told him, in reply to an impulsive demand, that she did not care for Reddon, that she never had known the slightest feeling of tenderness for him.
"Have you ever been in love, Rosalie ?" he asked ruthlessly.
"Yes," she said after a moment, looking him bravely in the eyes.
"And could you never learn to love any one else ?" "I think not, Wicker," she said ever so softly.
"I beg your pardon," he said humbly, his face white and his lips drawn.
"I should not have asked." And so he remained the blind man, with the light shining full into his eyes..