"I been there about thirty years. Of course you know William Fisher, the editor of the county paper? He is a friend of mine."
Drusilla's face brightened.
"Yes, indeed; I know him well. I nursed his wife through all her children and her last spell of sickness."
"Is that so! His wife was a cousin of my wife's. Her name was Jenny Jameson before she married me."
"The daughter of old Dr. Jameson! Well, I do declare, it's like meetin' old friends. How is she?"
"I'm sorry to say she is not very well. We lost our little girl about two years ago, and she has been sick ever since."
Kindly Drusilla was all sympathy at once.
"Do tell me. What did she die of."
"Diphtheria. She got it in school; it run through all the children in the county."
"How old was she?"