They heard a low cry, as though a little animal had been hit.

It was stifled at once, and a girl staggered out of the hall.

She had been hoping against hope for months, because some who have gone adrift in dories have been miraculously picked up by deep-sea sailing-ships.

Now she had her certainty, and Harvey could see the policeman on the sidewalk hailing a hack for her.

"It's fifty cents to the depot"-- the driver began, but the policeman held up his hand--"but I'm goin' there anyway.