So long." He departed bearing his purchases.

When Mr.Simmons, proprietor of the store, returned, Alpheus told him that he "cal'lated" Captain Cy Whittaker was preparing to "go into a decline, or somethin'." "Anyhow," said Alpheus, "he bought sass'p'rilla and 'Arabian Balsam,' and I sold him a can of that beef soup you bought three year ago last summer, when Alicia Atkins had the chicken pox." The captain entered the house quietly and tiptoed to the door of the bedroom.

Emily was asleep, and the sight of the childish head upon the pillow gave him a start as he peeped in at it.

It looked so natural, almost as if it belonged there.

It had been in a bed like that and in that very room that he had slept when a boy.
Gabe, brimful of curiosity, brought the box a little later.