I hid my pleasure. "Well, at the stable, if they seem to think this
note is from a man, or that the coach is owned by a man----"

"Keep silent," put in Euonymus, "an' see de counsel o' de Lawd
ovehcome."

Luke went. I pencilled another note. It requested my landlady to give
Euonymus a hat, boots, and suit from my armoire and speed him back all
she could. (To avoid her queries.)

Rebecca gazed anxiously after this second messenger. Robelia, near by,
munched blackberries.

"Rebecca, did you ever think what you'd do if both your children were
in equal danger?"

"Why, yass'm, I is studie' dat, dis ve'y day, ef de trufe got to be
tol'."

Thought I: "If anything else has to be told, Robelia'll be my only
helper." I asked Rebecca which one she would try to save first.

"Why, mist'ess, I could tell dat a heap sight betteh when de time come.
De Lawd mowt move me to do most fo' de one what least fitt'n' to"--she
choked--"to die. An' yit ag'in dat mowt depen' on de circumstances o'
de time bein'."

"Well, it mustn't, Rebecca, it mustn't!"