"Madam," said I, "I am glad you thought you lost it, for I have gained something better than all these."
"You are a good man," said she, and then she paid me liberally for my services. When this business had been finished, she asked—
"Are you married?"
I answered that I was not.
"Is there anyone you intend to marry?"
"Yes," said I.
"What is her name?" she asked.
"Sarah Jane McElroy."
"Wait a minute," said she, and she retired into another room. Presently she returned and handed me a little box.
"Give this to your lady-love," said she; "when she looks at it she will never forget that you are a brave man."