"Excuse me for troubling you, Robert Frost," said the bully humbly. "But--but I wanted to thank you for saving Norah's life, and mother and father want me to thank you, too. They can't come themselves, because father's a stoker on the railway, and mother has got to stay home and take care of Norah."
"You are welcome to whatever I did, Gump," answered Robert. "I am glad I was of service."
"Did you know she was my sister?" asked Sammy curiously.
"No, I confess I did not."
"Oh!"
"But I would have saved her anyhow," added Robert hastily.
"Honest?"
"Yes, Gump, honest."
The bully of the town looked sharply into our hero's honest eyes, and his face grew redder than ever.
"I believe you; yes, I do," he observed, in a choking voice. "Say, do you know what? I'm awfully sorry I pitched into you. I was a big fool to do it. You're the right sort, and you'll never find me standing in your way again."