But I didn't know it until a few days ago, when Songbird Powell came to Brill He said he had met Sobber in Ithaca," "He came to see mamma." "I was afraid he would.

What did he say ?" "He came one evening, after supper.

It was dark and stormy, and he drove up in a buggy.

Mamma and I and the servants were home alone, although Nellie had been over in the afternoon.

He rang the bell, and asked for mamma, and the girl ushered him into the parlor.