"Yo' told me to win." "So you ran for me ?" "Ay!" She rose to her feet and looked down upon him, somewhat overwhelmed by her responsibility.

So in ancient days might a fair maiden have regarded her knight who underwent entirely unnecessary batterings for her sake.

"Then for me you've won," she said.

"I wish I could give you a prize." But what in the nature of a prize for a gutter imp of eleven does a pocketless young woman attired for the serious business of a school treat carry upon her person?
She laughed in pretty embarrassment.

"If I gave you something quite useless, what would you do with it ?" "I 'u'd hide it safe, so 'ut nobody should see it," said Paul, thinking of his precious cards.
"Wouldn't you show it to anybody ?" "By Gum!--" he checked himself suddenly.