Bender looked troubled. "There ain't a soul knows it--yet."

The doctor nodded. "Yes, yes, but I doubt whether you can keep it,

boys."

"I think," Carter said, slowly, "that if it was rightly put Miss Morrill

might--"

"That sweet-faced girl?" The doctor's gray eyes lit with approval, and

the cloud swept back from Bender's rugged face.

"If she only would!" the giant stammered, "I'd--" He cast about for a

fitting recompense, and finding none worth, finished, "There ain't a

damn thing I wouldn't do for her."

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