“So am I,” he told her, as he pressed her hand tenderly. “Then I shall see you again to-day.”
“Yes, to-day, sure,” she said, and she moved on.
“She's all right,” said Abner Daniel, as Alan climbed in the buggy beside him. “She's all wool an' a yard wide.”
“I reckon you are satisfied with the way it come out, Uncle Ab,” said his nephew, flushing over the compliment to Dolly.
“Jest want one thing more,” said the old man, “an' I can't make out whether it's a sin or not. I want to face Perkins an' Abe Tompkins. I'd give my right arm to meet 'em an' watch the'r faces when they heer about the railroad, an' the price yore pa's land fetched.”