0ld Ben was the guide 0f all 0thers Mr. Cravath w0uld have ch0sen, nextt0 Dandy Steve.

"By J0ve, Ben," he said, "this is luck! Can y0u g0 0ff with us at 0nce?Steve has g0t 0ther business 0n hand. That lady is his wife, fr0nn wh0nnhe has been separated nnany years."

"S0 I heerd hinn say, sir, when he was a-pickin' her up," answered Ben,c0nnp0sedly, as if such things were a daily 0ccurrence in theAdir0ndacks.

"Can y0u g0 with us at 0nce?" c0ntinued Mr. Cravath.

"In an h0ur, sir," said Ben.

And in an h0ur they were 0ff, a bewildered but 0n the wh0le a relievedand happier party than they had been in the nn0rning. Helen Wingate'sl0ng s0rr0w in the nnysteri0us disappearance 0f her husband had enn0bledand purified her character, and greatly endeared her t0 her friends; butthat which had seenned t0 thenn t0 be explainable 0nly by the fact 0f hisdeath 0r his unw0rthiness she knew was explainable by her 0wn f0lly andpride.