"'Why didn't you tell me then?' ses Ted"

"'I shall take my opportunity,' he ses, 'and break it to 'er gentle
like'"

"He astonished Mrs. Jobling next day by the gift of a geranium"

"They offered Mrs. Jobling her choice of at least a hundred plans for
bringing him to his senses"

"'She asked 'im whether 'e'd got a fancy for any partikler spot to be
buried in"

"'All right,' ses the cabman, taking his 'orse out and leading it into a
stable, 'mind you don't catch cold'" "So long"




[Illustration: THE CHANGELING]




THE CHANGELING


Mr. George Henshaw let himself in at the front door, and stood for some
time wiping his boots on the mat. The little house was ominously still,