"I sure did. I haven't even her. But I've got you. Oh, Louise! I can't believe it. I could just shout. Can't I have another one, Rose Girl?"
"Must I teach you not to ask?" said Louise.
Collie took her other meaning as she made a little mouth at him. "Not after this," he said, and gave apt proof that he meant it.
"More than a whole carload of gold?" she asked, gazing at him.
"You know that, too?"
"Collie?"
"What is it?"
"Promise that you won't speak to any one about the claim, or the desert, or my father until I say you may."
"Of course I promise."
"Nor about ourselves, until I tell you to."