I'm sorry I bothered you.

Only--I was frightened a little at first--when I sent Johnnie out of the back door." She paused a moment, and answered some one's question about the man, and went on, "He was just drunk.

He meant no harm.

It was Lige Bemis--" "Oh, yes," said Watts McHurdie, "you know--the old gang that used to be here before the town started.

He's with the Red Legs now." "Well," continued Mrs.Barclay, "he said he wanted to come over and visit the sycamore tree by the spring." The crowd knew Lige and laughed and turned away.