Then she knew her fight was hopeless, and she sent for me." "'He's a fiend,' she told me.

'I've stood all I can.

He'll make a bad woman of me as sure as he will of the little one, if I stay on here, so I have decided to go and take her with me.'" "'Where ?' said I." "'Wherever you say,' she answered; and yet I did not understand, not till I saw the look in her eyes.

Then, as it dawned on me, she broke down, for it was a terrible thing for a good woman to offer." '"It's all for the little girl!' she cried.

'More than her life depends upon it.