CHAPTER XXXIII

INTRODUCING A LADY “Aren’t you going to put me down, Dal?” “Surely!” he answered and having kissed her again, did as she suggested. “Please,” said she, smoothing her brief petticoats so soon as her small shoes touched earth, “please do you love me as much as you did long ago?” “More, Honey girl, much more.” “Well, I don’t seem to see you so much, and when I do you’re with my Jo.” “But you’ve got Uncle Jed now, Hon, and old George.” “Yes, I know, but I didn’t find them for my husbant—and George is always going away …