In my excitement I rushed over to Wegg's farm and found the two men together, whereupon I told them I was ruined.
"The news affected them powerfully because they had just saved themselves from a like ruin, they thought.

Wegg was also a sympathetic man, in spite of his reserve.

His old heart trouble suddenly came upon him, aggravated by the excitement of the hour, and he died with scarcely a moan.

Thompson, whose reason was tottering long before this, became violently insane at witnessing his friend's death, and has never since recovered.

That is all I am able to tell you, sir." "The Bogue tract," said Uncle John, slowly, "is worth far more than the Almaquo.