“He concluded to walk on to Waverley, and hired me to take the horse back to the stable. He wanted to know who you were.”
“Did he?”
“Maybe he's goin' to sue you for damages.”
“I don't believe he'll get much if he does,” laughed our hero. “My property is where he can't get hold of it.”
“Ho! ho!” laughed the other, understanding the joke.
After this conversation Herbert continued on his way, and, after delivering the grain, took his way across the fields to his temporary home. He entered by the back yard. Little Mary came running out to meet him.
“Have oo come back, Herbert?” she said. “Where have oo been?”
“Been to buy Mary some candy,” he said, lifting her up and kissing her.
“Whose horse is that at the gate?” asked Herbert, as the doctor's wife entered the room.
“It belongs to Captain Ross,” she said. “He has come on business connected with you.”