"Is yer uncle 'round anywheres ?" "Isn't he in the barn ?" asked the girl, looking up.
"Can't find him, high ner low.

But he ordered a book of me t'other day--'Radford's Lives o' the Saints'-- an' perhaps you'll take it an' pay me the money, so's I kin go home." Louise gazed at the man musingly.

He was one of the people she intended to pump for information concerning the mystery of Captain Wegg, and she must be gracious to him in order to win his good-will and induce him to speak freely.

With this thought in mind she drew out her purse and asked: "How much were you to be paid for the book ?" "Three dollars, miss." "Here is the money, then.

Tell me--your name is McNutt, isn't it ?--how long have you lived in this place ?" "All my life, miss.