Never, never, will you see me again, unless you do what I beseech of you." "I will not stir one peg, unless you put your arms round my neck and kiss me, and say that you will never have anybody else." Insie blushed deeply, and her bright eyes flashed with passion not of loving kind.

But it went to her heart that he was brave, and that he loved her truly.

She flung her comely arms round his neck, and touched her rosy lips with his; and before he could clasp her she was gone, with no more comfort than these words: "Now if you are a gentleman, you must go, and never come near this place again." Not a moment too soon he plunged into the gill, and hurried up its winding course; but turning back at the corner, saw a sweet smile in the distance, and a wave of the hand, that warmed his heart..