“No, not exactly. She said I ought to send you a valentine, and, honestly, Patty, I own up I hadn’t thought of it! So, as she had some extra ones I took one and paid her for it. That’s all.”
“Sort of funny,—and funny they should be alike. You see, Mr. Herron practically forced me to send mine, and this little girl made you send yours!”
“Well, there’s no harm done, is there? It didn’t bother me when I received what might seem to be a ‘returned token.’ For I trust you, Patty, my Blessing, and nothing could ever make me believe you false or fickle unless you told me so yourself. So never fear what they call ‘misunderstandings’ for I shall come straight to you and make you understand! That’s the meaning, to my mind, of our faith and trust.”
“My dear big Little Billee! That’s the meaning to my mind, too. And to my heart. My whole love is yours——”
“Till death do us part,” Farnsworth added, reverently.
CHAPTER XIV
HELEN’S ADVENTURE
“Oh, Nan, do let me have my own way for once!”
Bumble’s flashing brown eyes looked troubled, but determined.
“I know my way perfectly,” she went on. “The car can leave me at the concert and then take you on to your meeting. Then after the concert, I can hop into a taxicab and go right up to Millicent’s without a bit of trouble!”
“You could, of course, Helen, if you were like other people. But you’re so rattle-pated, you’d just as likely go down town as up,—and find yourself at the Battery.”