He drew back his head and looked deep into her eyes. "How about it?" he demanded.
"About what?" very archly.
He kissed her a dozen times before she replied. Nor did she seem to object to the action.
"You know the Christmas present I most want, Nancy."
He drew her closer to him, her arms found their way about his neck. "Bill," she whispered in his ear, "you're an old darling, let's go up to the house and tell the news to sister."
["JUST REGULARS"]
In the dark depths of an Arizona cañon, with no light but that which came from the stars, a string of shadowy figures slowly worked its way through tangles of thorny mesquite and cat claw, over rocks and past great bunches of cactus which pierced hands and limbs wherever they touched.