I could have lain down in the sage-brush, and a wild beast would have killed me perhaps, and that would be a great deal better than this; for Grandmother Brady does not understand, and you do not want me; but in my Father's house in heaven there are many mansions, and He went to prepare a place for me; so I guess I will go back to the desert, and perhaps He will send for me.

Good-by, grandmother." Then before the astonished woman in the bed could recover her senses from this remarkable speech Elizabeth turned and walked majestically from the room.

She was slight and not very tall, but in the strength of her pride and purity she looked almost majestic to the awestruck maid and the bewildered woman.
* * * * * Down the stairs walked the girl, feeling that all the wide world was against her.

She would never again try to get a friend.

She had not met a friend except in the desert.