“I know that. We’ll take care of them all––”
Still Jinnie held back her full surrender.
“Can I take Happy Pete, too? And the cats? There’s an awful lot of ’em.... Milly Ann does have so many kitties,” she ended naïvely.
Theodore laughed delightedly.
“Dearest little heart! Of course we’ll take them all, every one you love!”
“Will you tell Lafe about—about us?” Jinnie asked shyly, “I—I––” but she had no more time to finish.
“I’ll tell him to-morrow, Jinnie!” exclaimed Theodore. “Are you happy, dearest?”
“So happy,” she sighed, with loving assurance.
The rest of the day they were like two frolicking children, eating their luncheon under the tall trees. When the shadows fell, they left their trysting place, and with their arms about each other, went slowly back to the automobile.