"I wish yoh well, Stephen, boy.

"How comed yoh with him, Lois?" "Tiger an' his master's good friends o' mine,you remember they allus was.

"Was it fur me yoh done it?"

"Yaas, suh, I done hear yoh, suh.

"I hunted fur yoh every day,every day.

I'll not stay wi' yoh no longer, Lo. Mornin' he'll send me t' th' lock-up, an' after" "I care for you, child," said Holmes, stooping suddenly close to the girl's livid face.