As he set her down upon the opposite bank she gave a pretty
sigh of satisfaction, and naively told him that he was very strong for a
man in the last stages of starvation.
Two or three noisy dogs gave them the first welcome, and Crosby sagely
looked aloft for refuge. His companion quieted the dogs, however, and
the advance on the squat farmhouse was made without resistance. The
visitors were not long in acquainting the good-natured and astonished
young farmer with the situation. Mrs. Higgins was called from her bed
and in a jiffy was bustling about the kitchen, from which soon floated
odors so tantalizing that the refugees could scarcely suppress the
desire to rush forth and storm the good cook in her castle.
"It's mighty lucky you got here when you did, Mrs. Delancy," said
Higgins, peering from the window. "Looks 's if it might rain before
long. We ain't got much of a place here, but, if you'll put up with it,
I guess we can take keer of you over night."
"Oh, but we couldn't think of it," she protested. "After we have had
something to eat we must hurry off to the station.
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