There was quite a group on the porch—the doctor's wife, who had been "persuaded" to spend the day; the minister, who was willing to be persuaded, so agreeable did he find Miss Celia's companionship, and the doctor—who was not the doctor's wife's husband, by the way. They were all laughing when Gay appeared.
"Your engagement must be very important, Miss May," said the doctor.
"It is," said Gay brightly, for he liked the big, bluff, jolly doctor, "I'm going to feed the pigs for John."
This simple assertion was not received with favor by the feminine portion of the group, but the doctor laughed heartily.
"I think pigs very interesting animals; so contented and fat and jolly—Jane says contentment is better than wealth," Gay said.
"I have been told so," remarked the doctor, pleasantly.
"I mean to be a farmer when I grow up," continued unwary Gay. "I used to think I'd be a lawyer, like father, but I've changed my mind."
"A lawyer!" Miss Linn exclaimed.
"I have heard," observed the minister, "that one of the results of the popular movement for the higher education of women is to cause even baby girls to select professions."