She wanted to fit herself for the stage and they told me she could do it--had the gift and all that.

I ought never to have left her down there, but what could I do?
There was nothing in a town like Montgomery for her; she wouldn't listen to it." "You did your best, Andrew; you don't have to prove that to me.

Well--" "Edna ran off--without giving me any hint of what was coming.

It was a queer business.

The woman I had counted on to look out for her and protect her seemed utterly astonished at her disappearance and was helpless about the whole matter when I went down there.