"Oh, I DIDN'T drive her away ?" "Not much you did," scoffed Nancy.

"Her cousin died suddenly down to Boston, and she had ter go.

She had one o' them yeller telegram letters after you went away this afternoon, and she won't be back for three days.

Now I guess we're glad all right.

We'll be keepin' house tergether, jest you and me, all that time.