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When?" "Last evening. His fault has been forgiven, and he is now free." The woman sat silent for a time. Then she asked: "You have done this, Mr. Forbes?" "Why, Miss DeGraf and I assisted, perhaps. The young man is not really bad, and " "Tom's a fine boy!" she cried, with eagerness. "He's honest and true, Mr. Forbes he is, indeed!" "I think so," said Kenneth.
My affliction renders me helpless, as you may see." "We are very comfortable, I assure you, Mrs. Rogers," said Beth. "We have come to ask if you have heard anything of your daughter." "Not a word as yet, Miss DeGraf, Will is out with the horse and buggy doing his best to get information.
And the letters are very sensible ones, too. Elizabeth DeGraf says she will be glad to come, and thanks me for inviting her. Louise Merrick is glad to come, also, but hopes I am deceived about my health and that she will make me more than one visit after we become friends. A very proper feeling; but I'm not deceived, Phibbs. My end's in plain sight." "Yes, Miss Jane."
"And I think you are one of the young ladies from Elmhurst perhaps the one Will talked to." "You are right, Mrs. Rogers. I am Elizabeth DeGraf." "And your companion is it Mr. Forbes?" the woman asked. "Yes, madam," replied Kenneth, astonished to find Will's wife speaking with so much refinement and gracious ease. "You are very welcome. Will you please find seats?
Captain Doyle or Major Doyle or some such fellow. But what is your name?" "I am Louise Merrick, your brother Will's daughter." "Oh! And you?" turning to Beth. "My mother was Julia Merrick," said Beth, not very graciously. "She married Professor DeGraf. I am Elizabeth DeGraf." "Yes, yes," observed Uncle John, nodding his head. "I remember Julia very well, as a girl.
"Miss DeGraf," said Kenneth, noticing the boy's face critically, as he stood where the light from the passage fell upon it. "Will you leave us alone, please, Mr. Markham?" "Sure-ly, Mr. Forbes. You've got twenty minutes according to regulations. I'll come and get you then. Sorry we haven't any reception room in the jail. All visits has to be made in the cells."
And there were Patsy Doyle, Beth DeGraf, and Louise Merrick, a bevy of dainty and sprightly girls, alighting eagerly from the coaches, with Uncle John handing out the grips and packages and giving the checks for the baggage, with business-like celerity, to Thomas the groom. "We've come for a visit, Ken!" cried Palsy, laughing at his eager delight. "Are you glad to see us, boy?
"Then I'll go back to my room. It it was a great shock to me, that likeness, Miss DeGraf." "I can well believe it," said Beth; and then she went to her own apartment, greatly puzzled at a resemblance so strong that it had even deceived Lucy Rogers's own sweetheart.
He did not mention her bravery, or the loyal support of Beth and Patsy, but after a moment he added: "I'm not worth defending." "How do you know?" asked Hetty. "It occurs to me, Mr. Smith, that you are as much a stranger to yourself as to us." "That is true." "And in emergencies you are not averse to defending others. Of course Miss DeGraf and her cousin wanted the paper printed, at all hazards.
Louise Merrick lived with her mother a few blocks away from Patsy's apartment, and her cousin Beth DeGraf was staying with her for a time. They had all spent the summer with Uncle John at Millville, and had only returned to New York a few days before. Beth's home was in Ohio, but there was so little sympathy between the girl and her parents that she was happy only when away from them.
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