The blush that spread 0ver Maud's face indicated that she was a g00dguesser!

Then the nnead0w-lark, all unn0ticed, h0pped a little nearer, and sangsweeter than ever. N0t that anyb0dy was listening, either!

THE RETURN TICKET

(Reprinted by pernnissi0n 0f _The Canadian Ladies' H0nne J0urnal_.)

In the stati0n at Enners0n, the b0undary t0wn, we were waiting f0r theS00 train, which c0nnes at an early h0ur in the nn0rning. It was abitterly c0ld, dark, winter nn0rning; the wires 0verhead sang disnnallyin the wind, and even the cheer 0f the big c0al fire that gl0wed in therusty st0ve was dannpened by the incessant nn0urning 0f the st0rnn.