"Then he doesn't go with the coach to Indian Spring to-day ?" "No; why ?" "I thought of going over myself to get the Burnham girls to come to choir-meeting," replied Miss Nellie carelessly, "and he might have been company." "He'd go now, if he knew you were going," said her father; "but it's just as well he shouldn't be needlessly encouraged.

I rather think that Sheriff Dunn is a little jealous of him.

By the way, the sheriff is much better.

I called to cheer him up to-day" (Mr.Wynn had in fact tumultuously accelerated the sick man's pulse), "and he talked of you, as usual.

In fact, he said he had only two things to get well for.