"Dear Randy," said Helen, "it was indeed a pretty party, and well worth my effort to make it a success. You were an ideal little hostess, Randy, you did your part to perfection."
"Why, I was only just myself. I was not at all fine," said Randy in amazement.
"That is just the secret of your success," Helen replied. "Always be just your own true self, and no one in all the world would ask for more."
CHAPTER XI
TIMOTHEUS AND HIS NEIGHBORS
"Whao! Whao! I tell ye. Be ye deef, or be ye jest contrary?
"I b'lieve them critters 'd like ter see me wait 'til June fer plaoughin'."
The ill-matched pair came to a standstill, and so listless was their bearing, that one would say that having decided to halt, nothing would induce them to again draw the plough.
"There, ye can rest naow, fer a spell, 'til ye git yer wind, an' then I'll set ye at it agin."