I shall return some day." It seemed hard for him to give his simple instructions.

He went on: "I don't think I shall stay any longer, but I will leave a certified check at Cordova, and it will be turned over to your husband when she is found.

And if you do find her, you will look after her yourself, won't you, Mrs.
McCormick ?" Ellen McCormick choked a little as she answered him, promising to do what he asked.

He would always remember her as a sympathetic little thing, and half an hour later, after he had explained everything to Sandy, he wished her happiness when he took her hand in saying good-by.
Her hand was trembling.

He wondered at it and said something to Sandy about the priceless value of a happiness such as his, as they went down to the beach.
The velvety darkness of the sky was athrob with the heart-beat of stars, when the _Norden's_ shimmering trail led once more out to sea.