Aunt Maria, who is it ?" "Hush, I don't know.

He hasn't paid any open court to anybody, that I know of, but--I've seen him lookin'." "At whom ?" "At Ida Slome." "But she is younger than my mother was." "What difference do you s'pose that makes to a man.

He'll like her all the better for that.

You can thank your stars he didn't pitch on a school-girl, instead of the teacher." Maria lay stretched out stiff and motionless.

She was trying to bring her mind to bear upon the situation.