Mag "blessed" her for the words that had hurt her so to speak. Surely there was balm for all wounds, even those which burned the deepest.
Faith's morning was the happiest she had ever known in the store and at the luncheon hour, as she went to the cloak-room, she had but one wish in her heart, and that was for the conversion of wicked Lou Willis.
CHAPTER XXXVIII.
LOU IS CAUGHT AT LAST.
As Faith passed Mr. Denton's office on the way to the cloak-room she heard a woman's voice raised to a very high pitch, and immediately recognized it as belonging to Miss Willis.
She had hardly had time to wonder what had occurred, when the door flew open and she had a good look right straight into the office.
Ben Tyler, the detective, was standing with his hand on the door and a very ugly expression on his face, while a few feet further back stood Mr. Denton, apparently trying to reason with the infuriated woman.
One glance was enough to tell Faith what had happened. Lou had been stealing again, and the detective had caught her.
For a moment the young girl hardly knew what to do, and in that momentary hesitation she heard what Lou was saying.