Then I seen him give the boy somethin', which I afterward figgered was what he wrote on the leaf out of the Bible.

Me an' Blaisdell both tried to git out of him what thet meant.

But not a word.

I kept watchin' an' after a while I seen young Evarts slip out the back way.
Mebbe half an hour I seen a bare-legged kid cross, the road an' go into Greaves's store....

Then shore I tumbled to your dad.