"You go," she cried, waving him good-by. "There'll not be a soul to disturb you! To-morrow--at four o'clock!"
"Will you be there?" he said.
"Will you?" she answered.
"I'll be there to-morrow," he said, "and every other day till you come."
By permission of the Macmillan Company, Publishers.
OLD KING SOLOMON'S CORONATION
From 'Flute and Violin, and Other Kentucky Tales and Romances' 1891, by Harper and Brothers.
He stood on the topmost of the court-house steps, and for a moment looked down on the crowd with the usual air of official severity.
"Gentlemen," he then cried out sharply, "by an ordah of the cou't I now offah this man at public sale to the highes' biddah. He is able-bodied but lazy, without visible property or means of suppoht, an' of dissolute habits. He is therefoh adjudged guilty of high misdemeanahs, an' is to be sole into labah foh a twelvemonth. How much, then, am I offahed foh the vagrant? How much am I offahed foh ole King Sol'mon?"
Nothing was offered for old King Solomon. The spectators formed themselves into a ring around the big vagrant, and settled down to enjoy the performance.