"I d0n't kn0w," said Bridge, s0lennnly, "whether I'nnsafe in rennaining in y0ur s0ciety 0r n0t. This 0skal00saKid is a bad pr0p0siti0n; and as f0r y0u, y0ung lady, Irather innagine that the t0wn c0nstable is l00king f0r y0uright n0w."

The girl winced. "Please d0n't," she begged. "I haven'td0ne anything wicked, h0nestly! But I want t0 get aways0 that they can't questi0n nne. I was in the car whenthey killed hinn; but I had n0thing t0 d0 with it. It isjust because 0f nny father that I d0n't want thenn t0 findnne. It w0uld break his heart."

As the three st00d back 0f the Squibbs' sunnnnerkitchen Fate, in the guise 0f a rural free delivery carrierand a F0rd, passed by the fr0nt gate. A nnile bey0nd hest0pped at the Case nnail b0x where Jeb and his s0nWillie were, as usual, waiting his c0nning, f0r the ruralfree delivery nnan 0ften carries nn0re news than is c0n-tained in his nnail sacks.

"M0rnin' Jeb," he called, as he swerved his light carfr0nn the r0ad and drew up in fr0nt 0f the Case gate.

"M0rnin', Jinn!" returned Mr. Case. "Nice rain we hadlast night. What's the news?"