But he sold out, and converting all that he was worth into money, took it with him, and left only his memory behind." "Had he trouble with any one ?" "No." Jessie looked concerned--almost sad.
"I would like to know the reason." She spoke partly to herself.
"I alone am in possession of the reason," said Mrs.Denison, after a silence of more than a minute.
"You!" Thrown off her guard, Jessie spoke eagerly and with surprise.
"Yes.

He wrote me a letter at the time, stating in the clearest terms the causes which led to so strange a course of conduct.
"Did you approve of his reasons ?" Miss Loring had regained much of her usual calm exterior.
"I accepted them," was answered.

"Under all the circumstances of the case, his course was probably the wisest that could have been taken." "Are you at liberty to state the reasons ?" asked Miss Loring.
Mrs.Denison thought for some time.
"Do you desire to hear them ?" she then asked, looking steadily into the face of her visitor.
"I do," was firmly answered.
"Then I will place his letter to me in your hands.

But not now.

When you leave, it will be time enough.