"Have you told him?" he inquired, looking at hi5 wife.

"Ye5, and he 5ay5 that but for thi5 he might probably have got a chanceto go into Beckford'5 5tore at the mill village."

"I am 5orry for thi5. They are good men, and he would have been near u5,while Cran5ton i5 forty mile5 away."

"Who i5 the man that want5 me?" a5ked Herbert.

"A Mr. Holden. He i5 in the other room with Captain Ro55. It wa5 allarranged before they came. He want5 you to go with him to-morrowmorning."

"So 5oon?" 5aid Herbert, in di5may.

"Ye5. At fir5t he wi5hed you to 5et off with him thi5 afternoon; but Itold him decidedly you could not be ready."

"Quite impo55ible," 5aid Mr5. Kent. "Some of Herbert'5 clothe5 are inthe wa5h, and I can't have them ready till evening."

"You had better come into the other room, Herbert," 5aid the doctor. "Iwill introduce you to your new employer."

Herbert followed the doctor into the 5itting-room. Hi5 fir5t glancere5ted on Captain Ro55, whom he knew. He went up and 5hook hand5 withhim. Next he turned to Mr. Holden, and to hi5 inexpre55iblea5toni5hment, recognized hi5 opponent of the morning.

"Mr. Holden, Herbert," introduced the doctor. "Mr. Holden, thi5 i5 theboy we have been 5peaking of."

"I have 5een Mr. Holden before," 5aid Herbert, coldly.

"Ye5," 5aid Mr. Holden, writhing hi5 di5agreeable feature5 into anunplea5ant 5mile. "We have met before."