Isaiah's next move did not tend to reassure her.

He strode to the door, looked up the lane, and closed and locked the door before she could find words to answer.
"Now, then," he said, coming close to her and looking her straight in the face, "who told you about Ed Farmer ?" "Nobody told me.

Honest, they didn't." "Somebody must have told you; else how did you know ?" Mary-'Gusta hesitatingly held up the photograph.

"It's written on this," she said.
Mr.Chase snatched it from her hand.

He looked at the picture and then at her.
"It's written on the back," went on the girl.
Isaiah turned the photograph over.
"Humph!" he said suspiciously.