She tells ye to come, an' ye come smilin'; and then she tells ye to go, an' ye go smilin'; and then she winds ye 'round her finger, and ye feel as limber an' as willin' as if ye was a whip-lash, an' hadn't nothin' else to do." "Nevertheless, I shall stay with you, Jim." "Well, I hope ye will; but don't ye be too sartin; not that I'm goin' to stan' atween ye an' good luck, but if ye cal'late that a woman's goin' to let ye do jest as ye think ye will--leastways a woman as has five hundred dollars in yer pocket--yer eddication hasn't been well took care on.

If I was sitooated like you, I'd jest walk up to the pastur'-bars like a hoss, an' whinner to git in, an' expect to be called with a corn-cob when she got ready to use me." "Still, I shall stay with you, Jim." "All right; here's hopin', an' here's my hand." Benedict's letter, besides the check, held still another inclosure--a note from Mr.Balfour.This he had slipped into his pocket, and, in the absorption of his attention produced by the principal communication, forgotten.

At the close of his conversation with Jim, he remembered it, and took it out and read it.

It conveyed the intelligence that the lawyer found it impossible to leave the city according to his promise, for an autumn vacation in the woods.

Still, he would find some means to send up Harry if Mr.Benedict should insist upon it.