I AM gettin' to be a nervous old fool.

I'm glad Emily ain't here to see me.

And yet I did--I swear I did hear somethin'." The pictures on the wall by the window caught her eye.

She walked over and looked at them.

The lantern gave so little light that she could scarcely see anything, but she managed to make out that one was a dingy chromo with a Scriptural subject.