HE done the curin', and got the pay.' "'Well,' says I, 'what of it ?' "'Nothin',' says he.

'Only I've been practisin' a considerable spell.

So long.

Come in again some time when it's dark and the respectable element can't see you.' "I went away thinkin' hard.

And next mornin' I hunted up Gabe, and says I: "'Mr.Holway,' I says, 'what puzzles me is how you're goin' to elect the officers for the new club.