"You staked your life, and I have won it," he replied. "That is a finer thing than money. I am happy, Rada—so very happy! In a single day I have won a big race—a huge fortune—and, best of all, your life—the life of the girl I love."
His sound arm was resting on her shoulder. He drew her face to his, and kissed her on the lips, and this time she did not repel him.
"Do you really love such a little vixen, such a little devil, as I?" she asked wonderingly.
"You're a 'hangel,'" he answered, laughingly recalling the words of Samuel Willis. "I always knew it, and to-day you've proved it. Kiss me again, Rada, and then we'll summon the others and tell them the news."
Smiling softly, she bent and obeyed. "This is better than winning a Derby!" she sighed happily.
THE END.
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