48 THE COUNTRY. BOY 



father in particular, wanted to know what the 

 nails had to do with it; in fact, he suggested 

 that I quit looking at my hands and look at 

 the book; so when she explained her new 

 Eastern method, they broke up the meeting, 

 and *'Aunty" McMillan left town on the early 

 stage and hasn't been a resident of Silverton 

 since. It was some time before the town got 

 over the musical shock it gave them. 



