We must get her away from him.'" "She saw it was her only course, and went where her heart was calling." The Lieutenant met the look of appeal in the trader's eyes, and nodded to imply his complete understanding and approval.
"We love some women for their goodness, others we love for their frailness, but there never was one who combined the two like her, and, now that I knew she loved me, I began to believe again there was a God somewhere.

I'd never seen the youngster, so she led me in where it was sleeping, and I remember my boots made such a devil of a thumping on the floor that she laid her slim white finger on her lips and smiled at me.

All the fingers in the world began to choke at my throat, and all the blood in me commenced to pound at my heart, when I looked on that little sleeping kiddie.

The tears began to roll out of my eyes, and, because they had been dry for four years, they scalded like melted metal.

That was the only time I ever wept--the sight of her baby did it.
"'I love her already,' I whispered, 'and I'll spend my life making her happy and making a lady of her,' which clinched what wavering doubt the mother had, and she began to plan quickly, the fear coming on her of a sudden that our scheme might fail.