I laughed. "I didn't ask what he was; I asked who he was--or is."

"He is a school-teacher, or college professor, and I'm told he has

taught in High Schools and freshwater colleges all over the Middle

West," said Barrett, as we topped the hill to our side of the mountain

shoulder. And then I got my bucketing of cold water. "His name is

Phineas Everton, and his daughter's name is Mary--though everybody

calls her Polly."

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