I have known the warm handclasp of friends who were true; I have shared in their pleasures and wept with them, too; I have heard the gay laughter which sweeps away care

In a moment he was at my side, and we exchanged a warm handclasp from saddle to saddle.

I had tried in vain, all the morning, to corner Dorothy so that I might say good-by with no one looking on, but the minx had eluded me, and I had to be content with a mere handclasp on the steps before the others.

The two came to their feet unconsciously and received his handclasp with inner humility.