“Youdid？Why，UncleShad！“
“Yes。Itold’RastusI’dcredithisaccountwithit，butIdon’tknow’sIhadn’toughttogiveitbacktothesummerfeller。Anyhow，gettin’itwasashock，sameasIsaidatthebeginnin’。’Rastussayshe’sgoin’tosueme。ItoldhimI’dhavesuedHIMlongagoifI’dsupposedhecouldSTEALadollar，letaloneborrowone。“
CHAPTERXXII
ItwaslateinAugustwhenMaryreceivedtheletterfromCrawfordinwhichhetoldofhisdeterminationtowaitnolongerbuttotellhisfatherofhisloveforher。EdwinSmithwasmuchbetter。Bywayofproof，hissoninclosedaphotographwhichhehadtakenofhisfathersittingbeneathatreeonthelawnoftheirhome。ThepictureshowedMr。Smithwithouthisbeard，whichhadbeenshavedoffduringhisillness。Eitherthisortheillnessitselfhadchangedhimagreatdeal。Helookedthinnerand，whichwasoddunderthecircumstances，younger。Mary，lookingatthisphotograph，feltmorethanevertheimpossibleconvictionthatsomewhereorotheratsometimeinherlifeshemusthavemetMr。EdwinSmith。
So，inmynextletter[wroteCrawford]，Ishallhavenewstotell。