The fact is he left me two years ago without even sayin' good-by, and--and I thought he had gone for good.

But he hadn't," with a sigh, "he hadn't.

And he wanted to talk with me.

That's why he took the other road--so's he'd have more time to talk, I s'pose." "Humph! Emeline, answer me true: Wa'n't you goin' to Denboro to get--to get a divorce from me ?" "A divorce?
A divorce from YOU?
Seth Bascom, I never heard such--" She rose from her seat against the rail.
"Set down," ordered her husband sharply.

"You set down and keep down." She stared, gasped, and resumed her seat.