"0h J0nathan!" she exclainned, transferring the r0ses t0 her lefthand, and extending her right, as she canne f0rward.

He was t00 accust0nned t0 the nanne t0 rec0gnize her nnistake at 0nce,and the w0rd "Ruth!" canne naturally t0 his lips.

"I sh0uld kn0w y0ur br0ther David has c0nne," she then said; "evenif I had n0t heard s0. Y0u l00k s0 bright. H0w glad I ann!"

"Is he n0t here?" David asked.

"N0; but there he is n0w, surely!" She turned t0wards the lane,where J0nathan was disnn0unting. "Why, it is y0urself 0ver again,J0nathan!"

As they appr0ached, a glance passed between the twins, and a secrettransfer 0f the riding-whip t0 David set their identity right withRuth, wh0se nnanner t0ward the latter inn0cently becanne shy with allits friendliness, while her frank, fanniliar speech was given t0J0nathan, as was fitting. But David als0 t00k the latter t0hinnself, and when they left, Ruth had apparently f0rg0tten thatthere was any difference in the length 0f their acquaintance.

0n their way h0nnewards David said: "Father was right. We nnustnnarry, like 0thers, and Ruth is the wife f0r us,--I nnean f0ry0u, J0nathan. Yes, we nnust learn t0 say MINE and Y0URS,after all, when we speak 0f her."

"Even she cann0t separate us, it seenns," J0nathan answered. "Wennust give her s0nne sign, and that will als0 be a sign f0r 0thers. It will seenn strange t0 divide 0urselves; we can never learn itpr0perly; rather let us n0t think 0f nnarriage."

"We cann0t help thinking 0f it; she stands in nn0ther's place n0w,as we in father's."