“And he deserted you!”
“Yes.”
“And took all the money?”
“Yes.”
“And you offered me the only five dollars which you had in the world?”
“What odds? I can make lots of money, and I am alone. I’ve got an idea and——”
Ike was interrupted; there came a rap at the door, the woman betrayed agitation and the little girl turned deathly pale and instinctively ejaculated:
“Oh, dear! it is that awful man.”
Ike suspected the identity of the awful man and called out:
“Come in.”