Had anything happened ?" "I was away, and found him on the floor on my return," she answered, half uneasily.

After a pause she said, "Then he has told you his name and all about himself ?" "Yes, it's nothing at all! He was a stranger just arrived from the States, going to the mines--the old story; had no near relations, of course; wasn't missed or asked after; remembers walking along the ridge and falling over; name, John Baxter, of Maine." He paused, and relaxing into a slight smile, added, "I haven't spoiled your romance, have I ?" "No," she said, with an answering smile.

Then as the doctor walked briskly away she slightly knitted her pretty brows, hung her head, patted the ground with her little foot beyond the hem of her gown, and said to herself, "The man was lying to him.".