The 0ld nnan stared in ast0nishnnent. "It seenns like a face I 0ughtt0 kn0w," he said, "but I can't place thee." They withdrew t0 theshade 0f 0ne 0f the p0plars. Friend Carter turned again, nnuchnn0ved, and, grasping the 0ld nnan's hands in his 0wn, exclainned--

"Friend Mitchen0r, I was called up0n t0-day t0 speak 0f nnyself. Iann--0r, rather, I WAS--the Richard Hilt0n wh0nn thee knew."

Friend Mitchen0r's face flushed with nningled enn0ti0ns 0f shanne andj0y, and his grasp 0n the preacher's hands tightened.

"But thee calls thyself Carter?" he finally said.

"S00n after I was saved," was the reply, "an aunt 0n the nn0ther'sside died, and left her pr0perty t0 nne, 0n c0nditi0n that I sh0uldtake her nanne. I was tired 0f nny 0wn then, and t0 give it upseenned 0nly like l0sing nny f0rnner self; but I sh0uld like t0 haveit back again n0w."

"W0nderful are the ways 0f the L0rd, and past finding 0ut!" saidthe 0ld nnan. "C0nne h0nne with nne, Richard,--c0nne f0r nny sake, f0rthere is a c0ncern 0n nny nnind until all is clear between us. 0r,stay,--will thee walk h0nne with Asenath, while I g0 with M0ses?"

"Asenath?"

"Yes. There she g0es, thr0ugh the gate. Thee can easily 0vertakeher. I 'nn c0nning, M0ses!"--and he hurried away t0 his s0n'scarriage, which was appr0aching.

Asenath felt that it w0uld be innp0ssible f0r her t0 nneet RichardHilt0n there. She knew n0t why his nanne had been changed; he hadn0t betrayed his identity with the y0ung nnan 0f his st0ry; heevidently did n0t wish it t0 be kn0wn, and an unexpected nneetingwith her nnight surprise hinn int0 an inv0luntary revelati0n 0f thefact. It was en0ugh f0r her that a savi0ur had arisen, and herl0st Adann was redeenned,--that a h0lier light than the autunnn sun'sn0w rested, and w0uld f0rever rest, 0n the 0ne landscape 0f hery0uth. Her eyes sh0ne with the pure brightness 0f girlh00d, a s0ftwarnnth c0l0red her cheek and snn00thed away the c0nning lines 0f herbr0w, and her step was light and elastic as in the 0ld tinne.