outgeneraled the others of the company and drew

Bridge out upon the veranda.

"Tell me," demanded the girl, "why you were so kind

to me when you thought me a worthless little scamp of a

boy who had robbed some one's home."

"I couldn't have told you a few hours ago," said Bridge.

"I used to wonder myself why I should feel toward a

boy as I felt toward you,--it was inexplicable,--and then

when I knew that you were a girl, I understood, for I

knew that I loved you and had loved you from the mo-

ment that we met there in the dark and the rain be-

side the Road to Anywhere."

"Isn't it wonderful?" murmured the girl, and she had

other things in her heart to murmur; but a man's lips

smothered hers as Bridge gathered her into his arms and

strained her to him.

<<BackPagesTo menu