"Then, father," said Henry, "why hold her any longer to her
contract, thus far so honorably fulfilled. The trial has proved her.
You see the pure gold of her character."

"I have long seen it," returned Mr. Green.

"Her father is thoroughly reformed."

"So I have reason to believe."'

"Then act from your own heart's generous impulses, father, and
forgive the balance of the debt."

"Are you certain that she will accept what you ask me to give? Will
her own sense of justice permit her to stop until the whole claim is
satisfied?" asked Mr. Green.

"I cannot answer for that father," returned Henry. "But, let me beg
of you to at least make the generous offer of a release."

Mr. Green went to his secretary, and, taking a small piece of paper
from a drawer, held it up, and said--

"This, Henry, is her acknowledgment of the debt to me. If I write
upon it 'satisfied,' will you take it to her and say, that I hold
the obligation no farther."

"Gladly!" was the instant reply of Henry. "You could not ask me to
do a thing from which I would derive greater pleasure."