Miss Amelia range reason, seemed una most of airs. ore, ss of  so lo ucked inside t. tain on en sopped and just stood somberly looking do ting a lock of -cropped o  most of t upstairs.

    Dark came on. t afternoon  tertime. tars in t, icy drizzle  in. tcreet. A o from to th.

    toruck eigill not, after talk of t a fear in some people, and tayed o toget or ten men ore. t and  ing about. t knoing for, but it imes of tension, ion is impending, men gat in ter a time t  in unison, not from t or from t as tincts oget to no single one of t to t sucime, no individual ates. And tled peaceably, or ion  in ransacking, violence, and crime, depends on destiny. So ted soberly on tore, not one of t t kno t , and t time  come.

    Noo tore  o t er , rock candy, and tobacco . Beed  and meal. t side of tore ly filled s and suc tore, to t, airs, and it  t of tore to a little room t Miss Amelia called  eig evening Miss Amelia could be seen tting before op desk, figuring ain pen and some pieces of paper.

    ted, and Miss Amelia did not seem to notice tion on t order, as usual. t try. It ransacted all business. On typeer  used only for t important documents. In terally to t. toring and did a great deal of it. tles and various parap tients sat. S needle so t it  turn green. For burns s syrup. For unlocated sickness t medicines  be given to small cirely separate draugler and s-flavored. Yes, all in all, sor.  touc t imagination and used  cures. In t dangerous and extraordinary treatment s ate, and no disease errible but o cure it. In tion. If a patient came  s tion of tand t t, or rubbing s toget songued c in otters people trusted soever and alients.

    On te ain pen a good deal. But even so s be forever unaing out tcime to time seadily. But s  to to demand  al ter a time t seemed to annoy  up, and closed the office door.

    Noo ture acted as a signal. time ood for a long reet beed long and just at t moment tinct to act came on t once, as to tore. At t moment t men looked very muc of tis, dreaming look in t t no one kno at t instant t taircase. tood dumb  ure  at all as ured to t a pitiful and dirty little cterer, alone and beggared in til t time. till as death.

    t. In t days ly cill le coat, but it  belonging to Miss Amelia.  rousers suc to  a pair of tigting little knee-lengtockings, and   completely covered,  touche floor.

    tore iff little strut and tood in ter of t  ood looking  t eadily at  belt line for an ordinary man. tion  to tisfied  and s  amount to muco confirm ilted back ook in tare. t side of tore, and . Cozily settled, tle legs crossed, ook from  pocket a certain object.

    No took some moments for tore to regain tarted t day,  to speak.  t whe hunchback was fondling, and said in a hushed voice:

    quot; is it you ;

    Eac it  o Miss Amelias faty embellis of  tling to herself.

    quot;Yes, , Peanut?quot;