5/26 It was him who told me to be sure to hurry back. See the horse gits some water, will ye? They'd locked her up before he came." "Why didn't ye tell him who it was ?" "How was I a-goin' to tell him when the cap told me to git ?" "Go on, then, wid ye! If the Father's still there, tell him I'm a-comin' up, and will bring Mr.O'Day wid me, and to hold on till I get there." She took her wraps from a peg behind the door, threw it wide, and joined her neighbors in the office, composing her face as best she could. "Some one of ye must go up and bail Mike out--any one of ye will do. Mr.Kelsey spoke first, so maybe he'd better go. |