"For my sake," she added, "Mr. Armstrong has promised to let you go
free, providing you go with me."
"It is false!" shouted Kendale. "All you say is a lie, woman!"
"The man who accompanied us to the altar a year ago is here," he said.
"He has with him my marriage certificate," pointing toward some one on
the threshold, adding, "come forward, please."
And Halloran, who had left a sickbed to accompany her, came slowly
forward.
"So you are against me, too!" cried Kendale. "Then all is up, indeed. I
acknowledge that all that has been said is true. I had a few weeks of a
gay, merry life, and I'm not sorry, either. Come, Gertrude!"
And without a backward glance they slowly left the Fairfax mansion.
The reuniting of Faynie and her lover was extremely affecting, and
within an hour a minister was called in who made them one forevermore.
Mrs. Fairfax and her daughter were offered a home for life, but they
chose to leave the following day. Faynie and Lester had gone through
many thrilling experiences, but were happily reunited--at last.
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