Ol' Hucks planted the berry patch an' looked arter the orchard an' the stock; but Cap'n Wegg on'y smoked an' sulked.

People at Millville was glad to leave him alone, an' the on'y friend he ever had were crazy Will Thompson." "Crazy ?" "As a loon." The agent hitched uneasily on the lawn bench, where he was seated, and then continued, hastily: "But thet ain't neither here ner there.

A baby was born arter a time, an' while he was young the sad-faced mother sickened an' died.

Cap'n Wegg give her a decent fun'ral an' went right on smokin' his pipe an' sulkin', same as ever.

Then he--he--died," rather lamely, "an' Joe--thet's the boy--bein' then about sixteen, dug out 'n' run away.