She was silent. Her glance fell to the fountain. A ray of sunshine
slanting across it formed a rainbow.

"But my mistake was greater than yours," he went on, and his voice struck
its minor chord; "I have no excuse for throwing away those four days. I
never can repair that, but I pledge myself to make you forget my injustice
to you."

At this she rose. "You were not unjust--knowing David as you did. You
taught me how fine, how great he was. Silva--would have been proud of his
name."

There was another silence. Tisdale looked off again through the open door
to the distant basin, and her glance returned to the fountain. "See!" she
exclaimed. "A double rainbow!"

"Fate is with us again," he replied. "She's promising a better fight. But
there is one debt more, soldier," and, catching her swift look, he saw the
sparkles break softly in her eyes. "My ship sails for Alaska the tenth; I
shall stay indefinitely, and I want you to pay me--in full--before I go."

THE END

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