“All right!” assented Dot, and then Tess called:
“There’s Sammy, and he’s got Billy Bumps. Let’s go down and tell them good-by!”
“Can’t Sammy come with us?” asked Dot, turning to Ruth.
“No indeed, nor the goat either! So don’t ask him and make him feel bad when I have to refuse him.”
“All right,” sighed Dot.
Then she and Tess finished dressing and went out to greet Sammy, who was paying one of his early morning calls.
“Want me to do any errands for you, Ruth?” he politely asked when he had refused an invitation to breakfast, saying he had already eaten.
“No, thank you, Sammy,” was the answer.
“I could go quick—hitch Billy to the wagon and get anything you wanted from the village,” he went on.
Ruth shook her head, and then had to hurry away to see about one of the many last-minute details.