I would not woo her until I had told you all.

I have tried to do it ere this, and failed.

Perhaps I should not now, but--" "But what ?" said Carr furiously; "speak out!" "But this.

Look!" said Fairfax, producing from his pocket the packet of letters Jessie had found; "perhaps you know the handwriting ?" "What do you mean ?" gasped Carr.
"That woman--my mistress--is the woman who advanced you money, and who claims this house." The interview, and whatever came of it, remained a secret with the two men.

When Mr.Carr accepted the hospitality of the old cabin again, it was understood that he had sacrificed the new house and its furniture to some of the more pressing debts of the mine, and the act went far to restore his waning popularity.