"Forgot to tell!" cried Adah. "Why, what on earth did you tell? There
is nothing about you in this paper that I can find."

Mr. Yocomb looked perplexed, and I saw Miss Warren's quick glance at
Mrs. Yocomb, who smiled back reassuringly.

"Father," she said, "Richard Morton wishes to stay with us for a time,
I have told him that he was welcome, and that thee would tell him so,
too. I think thee will. Thee may ask him any questions thee pleases. I
am satisfied."

"Thee is mistress of thy home, mother, and if thee's satisfied I am.
Richard Morton, thee's welcome. Thee was wise to get mother on thy
side."

"So I instinctively felt ever since I saw her at the meeting-house
door."

"Perhaps mother gave thee a bit of a sermon?"

"She has given me two things that a man can't be a man without--hope
and courage."

"Well, thee does kind of look as if thee had plucked up heart."

"You, too, are catching the infection of this home," Miss Warren said,
in a low voice, as she stood near me.

"So soon? I feel that I shall need an exposure of several weeks. There
is now but one obstacle in the way."