"A stranger here, I suppose?"
"Not quite a stranger, Morton."
"Patty, is this you?" Morton exclaimed
Patty for her part was pleased and silent.
"Are you a Methodist then?"
"I am."
"And what brought you to Jenkinsville?" he said, greatly agitated.
"To save your life. I am glad I can make you some amend for the way I treated you the last time I saw you."
"To save my life! How?"
"I came to tell you that if you go to Salt Fork this afternoon you will be killed on the way."