Dr.Teackle has just said so." "Oh, dat ain't it, son--it's you, Marse Harry.

Don't let 'em down ye--stand up an' fight 'em back." Harry patted the old servant tenderly on the arm to calm his fears.

His words had made but little impression on him.

If he had heard them at all he certainly did not grasp their import.

What he was wanted for he could not surmise--nor did he much care.