If it does, out you go.

I can't have any sparkin' or lovemakin' around these premises." The assistant snorted contemptuously.
"If ever you catch me being even coldly familiar with a female of any age," he declared, "I hereby request that you hit me, politely, but firmly, with that axe," pointing to the kindling hatchet leaning against the door post.
Seth chuckled.

"Good stuff!" he exclaimed.

"And, for my part, if ever you catch me gettin' confectionery with a woman, I.

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