Denton."
"You are right, Miss Marvin," said Miss Jones, firmly. "There is no
power on earth that could have altered these conditions, and I for one
am ready and glad to admit it!"
Faith looked at the speaker with beaming eyes. It delighted her to
witness her companion's fearless demeanor.
"There they go! Lou and the officers!" cried cash girl Number 83. "They
are almost carrying her down the stairs! I wouldn't be in her shoes for
a thousand dollars."
"Perhaps she'll repent, like poor Mag Brady," said Miss Jones,
thoughtfully. "After Mag's wonderful conversion, I feel that there is
hope for all of us."
Faith wiped the tears from her eyes as she saw the last of Lou.
"Though your sins be as scarlet--" She could not finish the verse. The
next instant she burst out crying--she was weeping for Lou Willis.
CHAPTER XXXIX.
THE PENANCE FOR SIN.
Maggie Brady had been free for exactly a week, but the prison pallor had
not yet left her features.
Thanks to Mr. Denton, she had a comfortable home and her husband was
awaiting for permission to join her.
She had not seen Faith since that day in the jail when she read the
girl's carefully guarded secret, but in the few short interviews which
she had with her husband she learned that which caused her to bless the
young girl fervently.
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