"Shore!"
About then Katherine's ma was kissing Bonnie Bell some more—she seemed never to get tired of kissing Bonnie Bell. Then them two girls they walks off to the front door, their arms around each other. I seen 'em standing there under the light. By and by Katherine picks up Bonnie Bell's hand and looks it over, and there wasn't no rings on it.
"Are you engaged yet, Bonnie?" she ast.
Bonnie Bell kind of blushed at that.
"No," says she. "Are you?"
"No. Mommah says I'm too young," says she; "but then——"
"Yes," says Bonnie Bell; "but then——"
Old Man Wright he turns to me after they'd all went away.
"Well, Curly," says he, thoughtful, "I reckon we're coming on."
"Yes," says I; "but then——"