49/110 Then, perhaps all unknown to you, a little spark of tenderness for me will light in your breast; and if it ever does we will buy a fanning mill and put it in operation, and we'll raise a flame or know why." "And there won't be any force in that ?" "What you can't compel is the start. It's all right to push any growth after you have something to work on." "That reminds me," said the Girl, "there is a question I want to ask you." "Go ahead!" said the Harvester, glancing at her as he hewed a joist. "I don't know how to make you see." "Take any kind of a plunge. I'm not usually dense." "It is really quite simple after all. It's about a girl----a girl I knew very well in Chicago. |