“‘Is that where you live, Daisy?’
“‘Yes,’ she said; ‘I am going to start to-morrow morning.’"
“How strange!” echoed the two sisters.
“The strangest part of the affair is yet to come. The little creature drew from her pocket a twenty-dollar bill.
“‘You have been kind and good to me,’ she said. I must take enough to carry me back to Allendale. You shall have all the rest, madame.’
“‘Put your money back into your pocket, Daisy,’ I replied. ‘Your husband has already paid your bill. He begged me to accept it in advance on the night you came.’
“She gave a great start, and a flood of hot color rushed over her face.
“‘I––I––did not know,’ she said, faintly, ‘how very good Mr. Stanwick has been to me.’”
The three sisters looked at one another in silent wonder over the rims of their spectacles and shook their heads ominously.