"Can you get a pair of horses and a carriage, or light wagon,
to-night?"
"I can," replied Jacob.
"And so as not to excite undue curiosity?"
"I think so."
"Very well. Next, will you drive that team all night?"
And Mrs. Allen played with the purse of gold, and let the coins it
contained strike each other with a musical chink, very pleasant to
the ear of Jacob Perkins.
"You shall be paid handsomely for your trouble," added the lady, as
she fixed her beautiful blue eyes upon Jacob with an earnest, almost
pleading look.
"I hope there is nothing wrong," said Jacob, as some troublesome
suspicions began turning themselves over in his mind.
"Nothing wrong, as God is my witness!" And Mrs. Allen lifted her
pale face reverently upwards.
"Forgive me, madam; I might have known that," said Jacob. "And now,
if you will give me your orders, they shall be obeyed to the
letter."
"Thank you, my kind friend," returned Mrs. Allen. "The service you
are now about to render me, cannot be estimated in the usual way. To
me, it will be far beyond all price.
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