"
Bet did not respond to Hester's kiss. She held herself very erect, and
looked down calmly into the singer's eager, enthusiastic face.
"It's a good thing Dent is found," she repeated. "I came to you Hetty,
to ask you ef you'd help me to write a letter to Will. You're more of
a scholard than I am, and I thought maybe atween us I might make my
mind known to the lad."
"For sure, Bet, I'll help you to write," said Hester. "But ef Dent is
found, and witnesses for Will, you'll see him in a few hours, honey;
and it don't seem worth while to put into writing what can be told
with the lips."
"I'll see Will to-morrow," repeated Bet, "for I'll be in the police-
court; but, all the same, it's my mind to put a few words in writing,
so that the lad may know clear what my meaning is. You'll help me,
won't you, Hetty, seeing as you're more of a scholard than me?"
"To be sure I will," said Hester. And going to a drawer, she took out
a penny bottle of ink, an old pen, and a sheet or two of very thin,
poor writing paper.
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