e black as an imp of
Satan. What had I done but good to him? I never took or won a penny of
his."

A moment of silence, then the fond eyes looked up.

"You won something he wanted and thought--_was_ his--he never had any
sense. Won't you try to forgive him--for my sake--Bob?"

His arms went round and folded her closely; his face bowed down to hers.
There was a wordless moment, then the sound of a distant whistle, of
nearer shouts of "T-r-a-i-n." The dark mustache, the unsinged side, was
sweeping very, very near the soft curve of those parted lips.

"What ransom will you pay?" he murmured. "I've not yet felt these arms
about my neck. I've kissed you, heaven be praised, but, Miriam, have
you ever kissed me?"

"T-r-a-i-n! Train, train! You'll be left!" again came the shrill
feminine appeals, and with them, approaching, unwelcome, unheeded
footfalls. With sudden, impulsive movement she threw her arms about his
neck and upraised her lips to his. One moment of silence, two seconds of
bliss, then "Dad" Ennis's voice, barely a dozen yards away: "Come forth
into the light, you wanderers!" There was barely time for Bob's fervent
words:

"If I couldn't forgive him after _that_, I'd deserve a dozen weeks'
arrest."

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