“Yes, I’ll get them,” said Katy; and in a moment she had procured some of the curious leaves and given them to Josephine.
“Thank you, thank you; I am very much obliged to you,” said she, as she took the leaves.
“Yes; but I want something more than ‘thank you,’” replied Katy.
“Well, what do you want?” asked Josephine, not a little surprised at the answer she had received.
“You said you were willing to do as much for us as we did for you. Did you mean so?”
“Well, I suppose I did.”
“We will be fair with you—won’t we, Jenny?”
“To be sure we will.”
“Well, it is no more than fair that you should take turns with us in drawing the wagon. So you may take hold of the pole, and make yourself useful.”
“I can’t.”