Go on." "Lucy had a schoolin', an' we worked hard to give it her, fer my land ain't much account, nohow.

An' when she grew up she had more boys comin' to see her than any gal this side o' Fairview, an' one o' 'em caught Lucy's fancy.

But she was too young to marry, an' she wanted to be earnin' money; so she got a job workin' fer Doc Squiers, over to Elmwood.

He's the dentist there, an' Lucy helped with the housework an' kept the office slicked up, an' earned ev'ry penny she got." He stopped here, and looked vacantly around.
Beth tried to help the old man.
"And then ?" she asked, softly.
"Then come the trouble, miss.

One day ol' Mis' Squiers, the Doc's mother, missed a di'mon' ring.