Where did you find it ?" and opening the other side Alice looked to see if the lock of hair was safe.
Adah explained how it came into her possession, asking if Alice remembered the circumstances.
"Yes, and I thought of you so often, never dreaming that we should meet here as we have.

You were so sick then, and I pitied you so much.

Your husband was gone, you said.

Was it long ere he came back ?" "He never came back," and the great brown eyes filled with tears.
"Never came?
Do you think him dead ?" "No, no! oh, no! He's--Oh, Miss Johnson, I'll tell you some time.

Nobody here knows but Hugh how I was deceived, but I'll tell you.