We heard last week she was going, so we sent her word by Richard Spencer's folks at Carmody to bring us a smart, likely boy of about ten or eleven.

We decided that would be the best age--old enough to be of some use in doing chores right off and young enough to be trained up proper.

We mean to give him a good home and schooling.

We had a telegram from Mrs.Alexander Spencer today--the mail-man brought it from the station--saying they were coming on the five-thirty train tonight.

So Matthew went to Bright River to meet him.