Chapter 15 SHIRLEY LEARNS A SECRET

Nightingales warble about it

All night under blossom and star;

The wild swan is dying without it,

And the eagle crieth afar;

The sun, he doth mount but to find it

Searching the green earth o'er;

But more doth a man's heart mind it-

O more, more, more!

-G.E. Woodberry.

Shirley Claiborne was dressed for a ride, and while wa