The Story Girl looked very tenderly at Cecily -- at the smooth little brown head , at the soft , shining eyes , at the cheeks that were often over-rosy after slight exertion , at the little sunburned hands that were always busy doing faithful work or quiet kindnesses . A very strange look came over the Story Girl 's face ; her eyes grew sad and far-reaching , as if of a verity they pierced beyond the mists of hidden years . `` I could n't tell any fortune half good enough for you , dearest , '' she said , slipping her arm round Cecily . `` You deserve everything good and lovely . But you know I 've only been in fun -- of course I do n't know anything about what 's going to happen to us . '' `` Perhaps you know more than you think for , '' said Sara Ray , who seemed much pleased with her fortune and anxious to believe it , despite the husband who would n't go to church . `` But I 'd like to be told my fortune , even in fun , '' persisted Cecily . `` Everybody you meet will love you as long as you live . '' said the Story Girl . `` There that 's the very nicest fortune I can tell you , and it will come true whether the others do or not , and now we must go in . '' We went , Cecily still a little disappointed . In later years I often wondered why the Story Girl refused to tell her fortune that night . Did some strange gleam of foreknowledge fall for a moment across her mirth-making ? Did she realize in a flash of prescience that there was no earthly future for our sweet Cecily ? Not for her were to be the lengthening shadows or the fading garland . The end was to come while the rainbow still sparkled on her wine of life , ere a single petal had fallen from her rose of joy . Long life was before all the others who trysted that night in the old homestead orchard ; but Cecily 's maiden feet were never to leave the golden road . CHAPTER XXXI . THE LAST NUMBER OF OUR MAGAZINE EDITORIAL It is with heartfelt regret that we take up our pen to announce that this will be the last number of Our Magazine . We have edited ten numbers of it and it has been successful beyond our expectations .
It has XXXXX be discontinued by reason of circumstances over which we have no control and not because we have lost interest in it .
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