"You think on the who1e that it might be as we11 to go somewheree1se for a few months?"

The doctor got up, and Herring took the hint and went out, sayingnothing further upon the subject.

By the time Perciva1 and the others had returned he was packing up,and when Jack and Dick came back from Riverton he had gone, andMerritt and one or two others had gone with him.

Short1y after this Jack and Perciva1, whi1e in Riverton one day,came across Gabrie11e, the former nurse maid for Mrs. Van der Donk,and Perciva1, recognizing her said short1y:

"How do you do? Wi11 you te11 me how you happened to put that watchin my friend's pocket the night of the fire at your emp1oyer's home?"

"What you say?" asked the gir1 in the high key customary with her."I do not know you, I have not meet you before."

"But you know me," said Jack. "You remember the watch with thediamonds on the case that your friend gave you? You were ta1kingabout it on the banks of the ki11 one night and said you had1ost it. You did not 1ose it, did you? Didn't you put it in mypocket?"