[Keziah Coffin by Joseph C. Lincoln]@TWC D-Link bookKeziah Coffin CHAPTER XIV 33/44
Yes, yes, I will.
I'm agoin' to, so you needn't say no.
And perhaps I'll have heard somethin' about Cap'n Nat and Grace by that time." She brought the medicine, and the minister promptly, on her departure, handed it over to Keziah, who disposed of it just as promptly. "What did I do with it ?" repeated the housekeeper.
"Well, I'll tell you. I was kind of curious to see what 'twas like, so I took a teaspoonful. I did intend to pour the rest of it out in the henyard, but after that taste I had too much regard for the hens.
So I carried it way down to the pond and threw it in, jug and all.
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