“No, I guess not.”

269

“Well, you know Ross?”

“Yes.”

“But you haven’t seen him yet since you came?”

“No.”

“Well, you will see him, for he is coming to see you, I know.”

“How do you know?”

“You see I know, because every day when the sun goes down, Ross would come out and sit on the steps, or the well-curb, or somewhere down by the old house.”

“Why, Bessie, how you talk!”