`` No -- not exactly . They 're like those ghost-stories of yours . They were n't true -- but you did n't expect us to believe them , so they were n't lies . '' `` That yarn about the divining rod is no lie , anyhow , '' said Mary . `` Old Jake Crawford over-harbour can work it . They send for him from everywhere when they want to dig a well . And I believe I know the Wandering Jew . '' `` Oh , Mary , '' said Una , awe-struck . `` I do -- true 's you 're alive . There was an old man at Mrs. Wiley 's one day last fall . He looked old enough to be ANYTHING . She was asking him about cedar posts , if he thought they 'd last well . And he said , ` Last well ? They 'll last a thousand years . I know , for I 've tried them twice . ' Now , if he was two thousand years old who was he but your Wandering Jew ? '' `` I do n't believe the Wandering Jew would associate with a person like Mrs. Wiley , '' said Faith decidedly . `` I love the Pied Piper story , '' said Di , `` and so does mother . I always feel so sorry for the poor little lame boy who could n't keep up with the others and got shut out of the mountain . He must have been so disappointed .
I think all the rest XXXXX his life he 'd be wondering what wonderful thing he had missed and wishing he could have got in with the others . ''
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