She walked all the way to Fairview, an' they let her see Tom in the jail.

He tol' her it was true he forged th' check, but he did it to save her.

He was a man an' it wouldn't hurt fer him to go to jail so much as it would a girl.

He said he was glad he did it, an' didn't mind servin' a sentence in prison.

I think, miss, as Tom meant thet--ev'ry word uv it.