But Kirsty Ross--who is she ?" "She's Martha's mother.

What about her ?" "She wrote at the end of the letter that Martha was to hang on ahint the carriage and find out where Jean Myles bides." "Laddie, that was like Kirsty! Heard you what the roaring farmer o' Double Dykes said ?" No, Tommy had not heard him mentioned.

And indeed the roaring farmer of Double Dykes had said nothing.

He was already lying very quiet on the south side of the cemetery.
Tommy's mother's next question cost her a painful effort.

"Did you hear," she asked, "whether they telled Aaron Latta about the letter ?" "Yes, they telled him," Tommy replied, "and he said a queer thing; he said, 'Jean Myles is dead, I was at her coffining.' That's what he aye says when they tell him there's another letter.