“Who is, then?”
“I am.”
“You!”
“Yes, sir. When I think what a fool I’ve been and how I treated you——”
“Don’t say any more,” interrupted Dan.
“Yes, I will say more,” protested Walter. “All the while I was chasing around with Gus Kiggins, I knew I was a fool. I never believed I could do it, but I did and there’s no use in trying to deny it.”
“You didn’t do anything to me.”
“Then it wasn’t because I didn’t try. But I’ve got a new start now. I wrote my father so the other day. I told him too, all about you and that if it hadn’t been for you I’d have gone all the way with Gus.”
“For me? Why, I haven’t done anything.”