In the meantime, old David shall get some shirts, and shoes, and other necessaries for them.

We have a plentiful store of things in the magazine, and he can rig them up there, perfectly.

I will at once get the gardener out of the house, and will give David instructions to carry the things there, as soon as it is empty." That evening after it was dark the boys, who had been anxiously listening for every movement, saw in the dim light the white figure of the girl advancing, with her father beside her.

When she came to the arbor, she raised her voice.
"Are you here ?" she cried.

"You can come out without fear." And, as they advanced, "My father will do all in his power to protect the savior of his daughter." The merchant shook the hands of the boys, with the stately ceremony of the Spaniard, and assured them that he was their servant, indeed, for their treatment of his daughter; and that his house, and all that it contained, was at their disposal.