A LETTER AND A VISITOR "Whit," asked Asaph next day, "wan't you surprised to see Heman last night ?" Captain Cy nodded.

He was once more busy with the doll house, the construction of which had progressed slowly of late, owing to the demands which the party and politics made upon its builder's time.
"Yup," he said, "I sartinly was.

Pretty good sign, I shouldn't wonder.
Looks as if friend Tad had found the tide settin' too strong against him and had whistled for a tug.

All right; the more scared the other side get, the better for us." "But what in the world made Heman come over and have supper?
He never so much as stepped foot in the house afore, did he?
That's the biggest conundrum of all." "Well, I guess I've got the answer.

Strikes me that Heman's sociableness is the best sign yet.