“You’ve brought me all that makes life brave and beautiful.” She turned
her buoyant head, and in the white moonlight her smile flashed radiant
upon him. “A new day is on the way to us, Rowan. The sun will reach down
into the valley there where you and I have been lost in the fog, and all
the mist will vanish as if it had never been.”
The man caught his breath sharply. She was so fine! With superb courage
and patience she had fought for him. All good things that life had to
offer should be hers. Instead, he brought her the poison of the
penitentiary record to taint her future.
Something of this he tried to tell her. “I’m a pardoned convict. Your
friends will never let you forget that—never.”
“Your friends are my friends. I have no others,” she told him, eyes
aglow. Then added, in a murmur: “Oh, my dear, as if what anybody says
matters now between you and me.”
Her faith was enough to save them both. He threw away his prudent doubts
and snatched her to him. In his kisses the lover spoke.
Presently they walked back to the camp through the gathering darkness. A
great peace lay over their world.
THE END
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