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"It would be silly to tell you that I ever can forget that terrible affair," she said; "but somehow I feel that the man who did that was an entirely different man from the man who has been so brave and chivalrous in his treat the past feeeks"

"It was et away from that It'll always stick in your memory, so that you can never think of Mr Mallory without thinking of the daht it s," he went on "Not that that's any excuse for the thing I did; but it does make it see decent I never ell acquainted with any hu that wasn't a thief, or a pickpocket, or a murderer--and they were all beasts, each in his own particular way, only they weren't as decent as dumb beasts

"I wasn't as crafty as most of them, so I had to hold ad, how I accohed at the thought, "was utterly unknown to me If I'd ever have tried it I'd have seen , or in any other gang that I ever ran up against It was an honor to kill ahi frolory of your exploit--it was WHAT you did, not HOW you did it, that counted

"I could have been decent, though, if I'd wanted to Other felloere born and raised near ood jobs and stuck to theht; but theyaround saloon corners rushing the can and insulting women--I didn't want to be decent-- not until I , and the red blood crept up his neck and across his face, "and learned to want your respect"

It wasn't what he had intended saying and the girl knew it There sprang into her mind a sudden wish to hear Billy Byrne say the words that he had dared not say; but she promptly checked the desire, and a ust came over her because of the weakness that had prompted her to entertain such a wish in connection with a person of this man's station in life