Ah, poor soul! her judgment had indeed been taken from me.

She whispered to me: "Promise me that you will never tell him.

I am dying! he need never know now.

Will you promise me ?" I promised, and she died! I have kept my promise--Lance Fleming knows nothing of what I have told you.
Only Heaven knows how far she sinned or was sinned against.

I never see the sunset, or hear the waves come rolling in, without thinking of the tragedy on the pier.
THE END.
[Transcriber's Note: Several typographical errors from the original edition have been corrected.
white, slivery foam has been changed to white, silvery foam.
an entensive park has been changed to an extensive park.
the magnificent retriver has been changed to the magnificent retriever.
a ring of such clear, music has been changed to a ring of such clear music.
the breat boughs has been changed to the great boughs.
come to your own room, John and has been changed to come to your own room, John, and.
a supberb picture has been changed to a superb picture.
it was utterably impossible that my suspicious could be correct has been changed to it was utterly impossible that my suspicions could be correct.
seeming unconciousness has been changed to seeming unconsciousness.
A missing quotation mark has been added at the end of the line I do not like thee, Doctor Fell!' An extraneous quotation mark has been removed from the sentence beginning I meant nothing by the words.
A missing quotation mark has been added to the sentence I will go into the house." A missing quotation has been added to the sentence I am not tired, Mrs.
Fleming, I am interested," I said. In the sentence He heard her as plainly as I here the river here "here" has been changed to "hear".
An extra comma has been removed from the line my old friend," he added,, "I am afraid.].