CHAPTER IX.
Dave's Snakebite.
One hot day, as we were finishing dinner, a sheriff's bailiff rode up to the door.

Norah saw him first.

She was dressed up ready to go over to Mrs.Anderson's to tea.

Sometimes young Harrison had tea at Anderson's--Thursdays, usually.

This was Thursday; and Norah was starting early, because it was "a good step of a way".
She reported the visitor.