Come and see." Mrs.Powless went and saw.

Jed stood still and stared miserably.
"Rather attractive, on the whole, don't you think, dear ?" inquired the gentleman.

"Must be very decent in the yard there." The lady did not reply, but she opened the door and went out, around the corner of the shop and into the back yard.

Her husband trotted after her.

The owner of the property, gazing pathetically through the window, saw them wandering about the premises, looking off at the view, up into the trees, and finally trying the door of the old house and peeping in between the slats of the closed blinds.