He ran his finger down the page, and up and down page 7, stopped at a line on page 8, and hastily turned over the pages of the book.

At page 974 he laid the book open, and the minister adjusted his spectacles and read where the book agent pointed.

Then he pushed his spectacles up on his forehead and looked carefully at the picnickers.

He singled out Mrs.
Tarbro-Smith, and waved her toward him with his hand.

She came and stood before him.
The minister wiped his spectacles on his handkerchief, readjusted them on his nose, and bent over the book.
"What is your brother's name ?" he asked kindly, but with solemnity.
"Marriott Nolan Tarbro," she answered.
He traced the lines carefully with his finger.
"Born ?" he asked.
"June 4, 1864, at Tarrytown-on-the-Hudson." "And he is married ?" "Married Amanda Rogers Long, at Newport, Rhode Island, June 14, 1895." "Where is he living now ?" he asked.
"Last year he was living in New York--I am a widow, as you know--but last fall he went to Algiers." "The book says Algiers.