“Suke Stanwood. Suke has been waitin’ for me five years, and there ain’t no need of waitin’ any longer. If all goes well she’ll be Mrs. Obed Stackpole within a month.”
“She may not be able to get her wedding things so soon, Obed.”
“She don’t need any wedding things. Any dress’ll do to be married in.”
“You will send us some cards and cake, I hope, Obed.”
“Better’n that: I’ll send you an invite to the weddin’.”
“Then it’ll have to come soon, Obed. I shall be gone to the city, and Jack to sea within a month.”
“Then we’ll hurry it up. It’ll give me a good excuse. But there’s one thing I’m going to do before I get married.”
“What is that?”
“Pay off the mortgage on dad’s farm. It’s only a thousand dollars, but dad couldn’t lift it if he lived to a hundred.”
“And what are you going to do, Obed?”