"I'd told Comfort she'd ought to take a nap and if she wan't takin' it 'twan't my fault.

I wan't goin' to have her seein' her granddad's ghost in every corner.

But, anyhow, Matildy made a little call on me, and, amongst the million other things she said, was somethin' about Cap'n Jed hearin' that Mr.Colton was cal'latin' to shut off that Lane.

Matildy hinted that her husband and the Selectmen might have a little to say afore 'twas closed.

If that's so I guess you may hear from him as well as the Colton man, Roscoe." "Perhaps," I said.