"
"Well, now, ain't that real sweet!" said Emma Mason. "It's
surprising how those words rhyme so nicely.
Seems almost as though it was done a-purpose! Reminds me of
piece day at school. There was a mighty pretty piece I
learned called the `Wreck of the Asperus.'" And she subsided
into a genteel melancholy.
I saw that Mr. Mifflin was well astride his hobby: he had
started to tell the children about Robin Hood, but I had the
sense to give him a wink. We had to be getting along or
surely Andrew might be on us. So while Mifflin was putting
Pegasus into the shafts again I picked out seven or eight
books that I thought would fit the needs of the Masons. Mr.
Mason insisted that "Happiness and Hayseed" be included among
them, and gave me a crisp five-dollar bill, refusing any
change. "No, no," he said, "I've had more fun than I get at
a grange meeting. Come round again, Miss McGill; I'm going to
tell Andrew what a good show this travelling theayter of yours
gives! And you, Professor, any time you're here about
road-mending season, stop in an' tell me some more good
advice. Well, I must get back to the field."
Bock fell in under the van, and we creaked off down the lane.
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