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Just here the waiter appeared with the final course, and Asia lifted the tablecloth and whispered, "Say, 'Straly, we 've got ice-cream." No answer. Then little Europena, with baby wisdom, put her tow head under the cloth, and said, "'Traly, it's pink!" and Australia emerged, tear-stained but smiling, and finished her supper on Mr. Bob's knee.
I jest knowed you and Pap 'ud feel mighty hurt over Sammy doin' you-all like you was cruel to him like he had to run away to git married; and I 'lowed I better come and tell you fust." The "little Huldy gal" was, as Blev Straly had described her, a mighty pretty little trick, and nothing bad about her.
The next day Blev Straly, a rifle over his shoulder and a couple of hounds at heel, stopped a moment at the chopping-block where Pap was splitting some kindling. "I was a-passin'," he explained "I was jest a-passin', an' I 'lowed I'd drap in an' tell ye 'bout Sammy. Hit better be me than somebody 'at likes to carry mean tales and wants to watch folks suffer."
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