n. I will see
that your aunt is cared for scrupulously. I can't help urging you. It is
a crime to talk of work to a woman so manifestly worn as you are."

"Then we will not speak of it," said the Girl wearily. "It is time for
me to go, anyway. I see you mean to be very kind, and while I don't in
the least understand it, I do hope you feel I am grateful. If half
you say about the ginseng comes true, I can make a payment worth while
before I had hoped to. I have no words to tell you what that will mean
to me."

"If this debt you speak of were paid, could you rest then?"

"I could lie down and give up in peace, and I think I would."

"I think you wouldn't," said the Harvester, "because you wouldn't be
allowed. There are people in these days who make a business of securing
rest for the tired and over weary, and they would come and prevent that
if you tried it. Please let me make another suggestion. If you owe money
to some one you feel needs it and the debt is preying on you, let's pay
it."

He drew a small check-book from his pocket and slipped a pen from a
band.

"If you will name the amount and give me the address, you shall be free
to go to the rest I ask for you inside an hour."

Then slowly from head to foot she looked at him.

"Why?"

"Because your face and attitude clearly indicate that you are over
tired. Believe me, you do yourself wrong if you refuse."

"In what way would changing creditors rest me?"

"I thought perhaps you were owing some one who needed the money. I am
not a rich man, but I have no one save myself to provide for and I have
funds lying idle that I would be glad to use for you. If you make a
point of it, when you are rested, you can repay me."

"My creditor needs the money, but I should prefer owing him rather than
a perfect stranger. What you suggest would help me not at all. I must go
now."

"Very well," said the Harvester. "If you will tell me whom to ask for
and where you live, I will come to see you to-morrow and bring you
some pamphlets. With these and with a little help you soon can earn
any amount a girl is likely to owe. It will require but a little while.
Where can I find you?"

The Girl hesitated and for the first time a hint of colour flushed her
cheek. But courage appeared to be her strong point.

"Do you live in this part of the country?" she asked.

"I live ten miles from here, east of Onabasha," he answered.

"Do you know Henry Jameson?"

"By sight and by re