What are you doin' here?
Did that depot-wagon man send you ?" "Depot-wagon man?
No, ma'am; nobody sent us.

Kenelm--er--Mr.Parker here, saw a light a spell ago and, bein' as this house is supposed to be empty, he--" "Wait a minute!" Miss Howes interrupted.

"Whose house is this ?" "Why--why, it ain't anybody's house, ma'am.

That is, nobody lives here." "But somebody used to live here, it's likely.

What was his name ?" "His name?
Well, old Laban Eldredge used to live here.