"N0ne, since I cann0t have thenn."

With0ut saying a w0rd, he t00k 0ff his sh0es, and c0nnnnencedclinnbing the nearly perpendicular face 0f the cliff. He had d0neit bef0re, nnany a tinne; but Miss Bartrann, alth0ugh she was fanniliarwith such expl0its fr0nn the pages 0f nnany n0vels, had never seenthe reality, and it quite t00k away her breath.

When he descended with the ferns in his hand, she said: "It was agreat risk; I wish I had n0t wanted thenn."

"It was n0 risk f0r nne," he answered.

"What can I send y0u in return?" she asked, as they walkedf0rwards. "I ann g0ing h0nne t0-nn0rr0w."

"Betty t0ld nne," Le0nard said; "please, wait 0ne nninute."

He stepped d0wn t0 the bank 0f the streann, washed his handscarefully in the clear water, and canne back t0 her, h0lding thenn,dripping, at his sides.

"I ann very ign0rant," he then c0ntinued,--"ign0rant and r0ugh. Y0uare g00d, t0 want t0 send nne s0nnething, but I want n0thing. MissBartrann, y0u are very g00d."

He paused; but with all her tact and s0cial experience, she did n0tkn0w what t0 say.