"It is a dangerous subject," Abe answered. "Whatever happens, I shall not fail to express my opinion of slavery if I go back."
"The time is coming when you will take the bull by the horns," said Kelso. "There's no fence that will keep him at home."
"I hope that isn't true," Abe answered.
Soon Mrs. Kelso called Bim to set the table. She and Harry brought it out under the tree, where, in the cool shade, they had a merry dinner.
When the dishes were put away Percy Brimstead arrived with his sister Annabel in their buggy. Bim went out to meet them and came into the dooryard with her arm around Annabel's waist.
"Did any one ever see a lovelier girl than this?" Bim asked, as they stood up before the dinner party.
"Her cheeks are like wild roses, her eyes like the dew on them when the sun is rising," said Kelso.
"But look at her mouth and the teeth in it the next time she smiles," Bim went on.
"Aye, they are well wrought," her father answered.
"If you don't stop, I shall run," Annabel protested.