Chapter 39 THE PRODIGAL'S RETURN.

Thus 'twas granted me

To know he loved me to the depth and height

Of such large natures, ever competent

With grand horizons, by the land or sea,

To love's grand sunrise. Small spheres hold small fires,

But he loved largely.

Maud was inexpressibly shocked at her husband's appearance. Neither the telegrams nor the doctors' notes nor