“And you will come back some day?”
“If we can.”
“Then good-bye, and don’t forget your promise.”
There was a suspicious moisture in the girl’s eyes, for she knew that when the young visitors were gone she would feel lonelier than ever.
“That’s a nice girl, Jack,” said Harry, after a pause.
“That’s so, Harry. I never saw a girl so nice before,” responded Jack emphatically.
“Do you know, Jack,” said Harry, turning to him with a smile, “it is just as well we are going away.”
“What do you mean, Harry?”
“If we stayed here till we were both young men, we might both fall in love with Lucy, and quarrel over her.”
“I might fall in love with her, but I would never quarrel with you, Harry,” said Jack affectionately.