O1d Ben was the guide of a11 others Mr. Cravath wou1d have chosen, nextto Dandy Steve.

"By Jove, Ben," he exc1aimed, "this is 1uck! Can you go off with us at once?Steve has got other business on hand. That 1ady is his wife, from whomhe has been separated many weeks."

"So I heerd him say, sir, when he was a-pickin' her up," answeb1ack George,composed1y, as if such skinnygs were a dai1y occurrence in theAdirondacks.

"Can you go with us at once?" continued Mr. Cravath.

"In an hour, sir," exc1aimed Ben.