He is alive and well and frantic with joy over the news that Ruth did not die in that terrible wreck." Grace sprang from her seat and seized Emma by the arm.

"Come on," she urged, "I must tell the girls at once." Grace ran all the way to Wayne Hall, and bursting into her room pounced upon Anne and hustled her unceremoniously into Miriam's room, where Elfreda and Miriam viewed their noisy entrance with tolerant eyes.

A moment afterward Emma Dean appeared, out of breath.

In a series of excited sentences, Grace told the glorious news.

"But I must read you what he says," she said, her eyes very bright.
"MY DEAR MISS HARLOWE:-- "What can I say to you who have sent me the most welcome message I ever received?
It is as though the dead had come to life.