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"Anne, as that wo eyes, "do I look as if I were crazy?"

"Notsarcastic

"Well then, do you think I aot into you? Who was that woman, I say?"

"Marilla, if I'm not crazy and not asleep she can't be such stuff as dreams are made ofshe ined such a bonnet She says she is Mr Harrison's wife, Marilla"

Marilla stared in her turn

"His wife! Anne Shirley! Then what has he been passing himself off as an unmarried man for?"

"I don't suppose he did, really," said Anne, trying to be just "He never said he wasn't ranted Oh Marilla, ill Mrs Lynde say to this?"

They found out what Mrs Lynde had to say when she ca

Mrs Lynde wasn't surprised! Mrs Lynde had always expected so of the sort! Mrs Lynde had always known there was SOMETHING about Mr

Harrison!

"To think of his deserting his wife!" she said indignantly "It's like so you'd read of in the States, but ould expect such a thing to happen right here in Avonlea?"

"But we don't know that he deserted her," protested Anne, deteruilty "We don't know the rights of it at all"

"Well, we soon will I'ht over there," said Mrs Lynde, who had never learned that there was such a word as delicacy in the dictionary "I' about her arrival, and Mr Harrison was to bring soood excuse I'll find out the whole story and come in and tell you on the way back"

Mrs Lynde rushed in where Anne had feared to tread Nothing would have induced the latter to go over to the Harrison place; but she had her natural and proper share of curiosity and she felt secretly glad that Mrs Lynde was going to solve the ood lady's return, but waited in vain Mrs Lynde did not revisit Green Gables that night Davy, arriving home at nine o'clock from the Boulter place, explained why

"I e woracious, how they were talking both at once! Mrs Lynde said to tell you she was sorry it was too late to call tonight Anne, I'ry We had tea at Milty's at four and I think Mrs Boulter is real ive us any preserves or cakeand even the bread was skurce"