Yet their faces , all unlike as they were , had an expression that seemed not so alien , -- a glow of kindred feeling , flashing upward anew from half-extinguished embers . `` You are welcome home ! '' said Faith Egerton . But Cranfield did not immediately answer ; for his eye had been caught by an ornament in the shape of a Heart , which Faith wore as a brooch upon her bosom . The material was the ordinary white quartz ; and he recollected having himself shaped it out of one of those Indian arrowheads , which are so often found in the ancient haunts of the red men . It was precisely on the pattern of that worn by the visionary Maid . When Cranfield departed on his shadowy search he had bestowed this brooch , in a gold setting , as a parting gift to Faith Egerton . `` So , Faith , you have kept the Heart ! '' said he , at length . `` Yes , '' said she , blushing deeply ; then more gayly , `` and what else have you brought me from beyond the sea ? '' `` Faith ! '' replied Ralph Cranfield , uttering the fated words by an uncontrollable impulse , `` I have brought you nothing but a heavy heart ! May I rest its weight on you ? '' `` This token , which I have worn so long , '' said Faith , laying her tremulous finger on the Heart , `` is the assurance that you may ! '' `` Faith ! Faith ! '' cried Cranfield , clasping her in his arms , `` you have interpreted my wild and weary dream ! '' Yes , the wild dreamer was awake at last . To find the mysterious treasure , he was to till the earth around his mother 's dwelling , and reap its products ! Instead of warlike command , or regal or religious sway , he was to rule over the village children !
And now the visionary Maid had faded from his fancy , and XXXXX her place he saw the playmate of his childhood !
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