once and for all, what he had called
"submission" and made up his mind to
get his girl! The very next morning he
girded himself and walked forth upon
the Pike toward Henry Roberts's house.
He did not take Mary with him,--but
not because he meant to urge salvation
on Miss Philly! As it happened, Dr.
King, too, set out upon the Perryville
road that morning, remarking to Jinny
that if he had had his wits about him
that night in November, she would
have been saved the trip on this May
morning. The trip was easy enough;
William had found a medical pamphlet
among his mail, and he was reading it,
with the reins hanging from the crook
of his elbow. It was owing to this
method of driving that John Fenn
reached the Roberts house before Jinny
passed it, so she went all the way to
Perryville, and then had to turn round
to follow on his track.

"Brother went to see Miss Philly,
and he wouldn't take me," Mary
complained to William King, when he drew
up at the minister's door; and the
doctor was sympathetic to the extent
of five cents for candy comfort.