19/20 She did come out to be a housekeeper, and she did come out here blind. Now, couldn't she be a lady and that be true ?" "How can I tell ?" said Dr.Barnes. "All I know; is that you people came down here and made me break loose from the best fish I've seen since I've been out here. My best fish of a lifetime--I'll never get hold of a trout like that again." Sim Gage was experiencing at the moment mingled gratitude and resentment, but nothing could quench his own hospitable impulses. "Aw, come on up, Doc," said he, "won't you? |