“No, he has not harmed her,” he said, gently. “Yet she is sobbing; so, perhaps, is he. You do not understand these things, Thomas Twofork, but I am a philosopher. I understand everything! I have expected to hear the señora sob, thus, for some time past. Now it has happened. All is well.”

“Eh?” The Indian scrutinized him in perplexity. “But what does it mean?”

“It means,” and Coravel Tio smiled, “that the señora is very happy! She has found both a husband and a child. Adios!

THE END

THE COUNTRY LIFE PRESS

GARDEN CITY, N. Y.

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