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Updated: May 23, 2025
Hilda, Jason, too, had learned that phrase, and he spoke it with a gruffness that made the girl smile: "Good-night, Mavie."
Mavis was sitting on the porch when he walked through the gate, and the moment she saw his face a glad light shone in her own, for it was the old Jason coming back to her: "Mavie," he said huskily, "I reckon I'm the biggest fool this side o' hell, whar I reckon I ought to be." Mavis asked no question, made no answer.
Now she was beginning to understand that the matter was serious, and for that reason the boy's charge of spying lay heavier on her mind. So she came slowly and shyly and stood behind him, her eyes dark with penitence. The boy heard her, but he did not turn around. "You better go home, Mavie," he said, and at his very tone her face flashed with joy. "They mought come back agin.
A helpless little figure was sitting in the open doorway with head buried in her arms. She did not hear him coming even when he was quite near, for the lad stepped softly and gently put one hand on her shoulder. She looked up with a frightened start, and at sight of his face she quit her sobbing and with one hand over her quivering mouth turned her head away. "Come on, Mavie," he said quietly.
"Take out, Mavie," he said with great gravity and condescension, and then his knife with a generous mouthful on its point stopped in the air, his startled eyes widened, and the little girl shrank cowering behind him.
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