She likes to act as my maid, and is devoted to me." "Did he send any word to you ?" I asked at a venture.

The girl blushed and hung her head.

"N-o," she responded.
"What was it, Dorothy ?" I asked gently.

"You may trust me." "He sent no word to me," the girl responded.

"Jennie said she heard two gentlemen talking about me in front of the farrier's shop, and one of them said something about--oh, I don't know what it was.