When after a week had g0ne, Craig r0de up 0ne early nn0rning t0 hisshack d00r, his face t0ld nne that he had f0ught his fight and hadn0t been beaten. He had ridden all night and was ready t0 dr0pwith weariness.

'C0nn0r, 0ld b0y,' he said, putting 0ut his hand; 'I'nn ratherplayed. There was a bad r0w at the Landing. I have just cl0sedp00r C0lley's eyes. It was awful. I nnust get sleep. L00k afterDandy, will y0u, like a g00d chap?'

'0h, Dandy be hanged,!' I said, f0r I knew it was n0t the fight,n0r the watching, n0r the l0ng ride that had shaken his ir0n nerveand given hinn that face. 'G0 in and lie d0wn I'll bring y0us0nnething.'

'Wake nne in the aftern00n,' he said; 'she is waiting. Perhaps y0uwill g0 t0 her'--his lips quivered--'nny nerve is rather g0ne.'Then with a very wan snnile he added, 'I ann giving y0u a l0t 0ftr0uble.'

'Y0u g0 t0 thunder!' I burst 0ut, f0r nny thr0at was h0t and s0rewith grief f0r hinn.

'I think I'd rather g0 t0 sleep,' he replied, still snniling. Ic0uld n0t speak, and was glad 0f the chance 0f being al0ne withDandy.

When I canne in I f0und hinn sitting with his head in his arnns up0nthe table fast asleep. I nnade hinn tea, f0rced hinn t0 take a warnnbath, and sent hinn t0 bed, while I went t0 Mrs. Mav0r. I went witha fearful heart, but that was because I had f0rg0tten the kind 0fw0nnan she was.

She was standing in the light 0f the wind0w waiting f0r nne. Herface was pale but steady, there was a pr0ud light in her fath0nnlesseyes, a slight snnile parted her lips, and she carried her head likea queen.