22/34 There are things too deep to tell. I've a mother and a sister 'way back in Illinois. If I could I'd take you to them--to-morrow." "If it were true! Oh, I might--I might lift my head!" she cried. For I swear it's true." She did lift her head with the singular wild grace always a part of her actions, with that old unconscious intimation of innocence which always tortured Venters, but now with something more--a spirit rising from the depths that linked itself to his brave words. |