CHAPTER XXV.
BUD WOOING.
The Sunday that Ralph spent in Lewisburg, the Sunday that Shocky spent in an earthly paradise, the Sunday that Mrs.Thomson spent with Shocky instead of old Mowley, the Sunday that Miss Nancy thought was "just like heaven," was also an eventful Sunday with Bud Means.

He had long adored Miss Martha in his secret heart, but, like many other giants, while brave enough to face and fight dragons, he was a coward in the presence of the woman that he loved.

Let us honor him for it.

The man who loves a woman truly, reverences her profoundly and feels abashed in her presence.

The man who is never abashed in the presence of womanhood, the man who tells his love without a tremor, is a shallow egotist.