But I didn't believe it would--a Mary Jane!" Arkwright laughed.

Again he hesitated, and seemed to be weighing his words.
"Yes, I heard about that coming of yours.

I might almost say--that's why I--let the mistake pass in Aunt Hannah's letter," he said.
Billy turned with reproachful eyes.
"Oh, how could--you?
But then--it was a temptation!" She laughed suddenly.

"What sinful joy you must have had watching me hunt for 'Mary Jane.'" "I didn't," acknowledged the other, with unexpected candor.

"I felt--ashamed.