I have been in dens here that you have never seen." He went to the Foundlings' Home and walked up and down in front of the long, low building.

An old woman, dragging a rocking-chair, came out on the veranda and sat down.

He halted at the gate, stood for a moment and then rang the bell.

A negro opened the gate and politely invited him to enter.

The old woman arose as he came up the steps.
"Keep your seat, madam." "Did you want to see anybody ?" she asked.
"No; and don't let me disturb you." He gave her a closer look and thought that he remembered her as the woman who had taken him on her lap and told him that his father was dead.
"No disturbance at all," she answered.