you know right well what they’re saying about David and me. Is it true, that word Frale said, that everyone says he nevah will come back?” The mother was silent. “That’s all right, mothah. We’ll pack up to-night, and I’ll go down to Farington to-morrow. Mrs. Towahs will help me to start right.”

She lighted candles and began to lay out her baby’s wardrobe. “I haven’t anything to put these in, but I can carry everything I need down there in baskets, and she will help me. They’ve always been that good to me — all my life.”

“Cass, Cass, don’t go,” wailed her mother. “I’m afraid somethin’ll happen you if you go that far away. If you could leave baby with me, Cass! Give hit up. Be ye