The money and the watch belonged to
her and must be kept sacredly until the day when Hannah could safely
give them to her, as she fully meant to do. For the rest there was
nothing of any value, and they buried it with him, and filled the grave,
or rather the father filled it, while Hannah held the light, and Rover
looked on curiously.
Then, when all was done, when the floor was nailed down securely, the
bed moved back to its place, the blood-stains washed from the kitchen
floor, and there was nothing left to indicate the awful tragedy which
had been enacted there, the father and daughter sat down with Rover
lying between them, and talked as to how they would face it.
CHAPTER XIII.
FACING IT.
On the table beside them lay the watch, the leathern bag, and the box
which had belonged to the deceased. In the bag there were several
hundred dollars in twenty, ten, and five dollar gold pieces, and in the
box, which Hannah unlocked, there were some papers, and tied together
with a faded ribbon was a lock of dark brown hair, a bit of purple
heather, a few English violets, and some leaves of ivy; while on the
paper in which they were wrapped was the date of a summer day, many,
many years ago, when the dead man was young.
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