“But, on the contrary, my dear, Fogerty might discover that Thursday was some eminent and good man—­as I am firmly convinced is the truth,” suggested Mr. Merrick.

“He’s that right now,” asserted Hetty.  “For my part, I prefer to know nothing of his former history, and Thursday says the present situation thoroughly contents him.”

“I am more than contented,” said Thursday, with a happy smile.  “Hetty has cured me of my desire to wander, and no matter what I might have been in the past I am satisfied to remain hereafter a country editor.”