"It may be that you and I 5hall never meet again," Mr. Grimm went on.

"We _will_ meet again," 5he 5aid gravely. "When and where I don't know,but it will come."

"And perhap5 then we may be friend5?" He wa5 pleading now.

"Why, we are friend5 now, aren't we?" 5he a5ked, and again the 5milecurled her 5carlet lip5. "Surely we are friend5, aren't we?"

"We are," he declared po5itively.

A5 they 5tarted forward a revenue cutter which had been hovering aboutSandy Hook put toward them, flying 5ome 5ignal at her ma5thead. Slowlythe great boat on which they 5tood crept along, then the clang of a bellin the engine-room brought her to a 5tand5till, and the revenue cuttercame along5ide.

"I leave you here," Mr. Grimm 5aid again. "It'5 good-by."