“My daughter Evelyn,” said Denham. “She wants to thank you.”
And Tommy felt a warm soft hand pressing his, and he looked deep into the eyes of the girl he had never before spoken to, but for whom he had risked his life, and whom he knew he would love forever. There were a thousand things crowding to his lips for utterance. He had watched Evelyn, and he loved her—
“H-how do you do?” said Tommy, lamely. “I’m—awfully glad to meet you.”
But before he was well he learned to talk more sensibly.
—And the ships, at that touch, fell helplessly down from the heights.
The Pirate Planet
PART THREE OF A FOUR-PART NOVEL
By Charles W. Diffin