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"That's cause they'd pay you to quit Ha, ha," said Hi Holler

And so the evening passed with the banter that invariably took place

when Rube was of the party It was late when they left the Squire's,

the constable going along with the

David went out under the stars and sive their custo on in his well regulated mind "Who was she? What was the

irl like that co for work?" Her , the very

intonations of her voice, her choice of words, all proclaimed her from

a different world froile, and her s woman

And her eyes, that seemed to hold the sorrows of centuries in their

liquid depths What was the mystery of it all? And that insolent city

chap! What a look he had given her The ether as if he were strangling solimmered in the rooood-night to Mr Sanderson--and

he tried to justify the feeling of hatred he felt toward Sanderson, but

could not The sound of a shutter being drawn in, caused hiht for ain

the blind Dave took off his hat--it was an unconscious act of

reverence The next rave, shy countryman had smiled at

his sentimentality The shutters closed and all was dark, but Dave

continued to think and sht