Faith looked at the speaker with beaming eyes. It delighted her to witness her companion's fearless demeanor.
"There they go! Lou and the officers!" cried cash girl Number 83. "They are almost carrying her down the stairs! I wouldn't be in her shoes for a thousand dollars."
"Perhaps she'll repent, like poor Mag Brady," said Miss Jones, thoughtfully. "After Mag's wonderful conversion, I feel that there is hope for all of us."
Faith wiped the tears from her eyes as she saw the last of Lou.
"Though your sins be as scarlet—" She could not finish the verse. The next instant she burst out crying—she was weeping for Lou Willis.
CHAPTER XXXIX.
THE PENANCE FOR SIN.
Maggie Brady had been free for exactly a week, but the prison pallor had not yet left her features.
Thanks to Mr. Denton, she had a comfortable home and her husband was awaiting for permission to join her.