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She's never been out of my room since I found her, and she hasn't seen any
one but Mr. Bruce, so she'll be afraid, and worried. _Seeing her_ is all I
ask of _you!_ What I'm up against is what she's going to say; and how I'm
going to take her _back_ after a week here, when it will be hotter there
and lonesomer than ever."
"You surely give one things to think about," commented the woman.
"Do I?" queried Mickey. "Well I don't know as I should. Probably with
Peter, and three children of your own, and this farm to run, you are busy
enough without spending any of your time on me."
"The command in the good book is plain: 'Bear ye one another's burdens,'"
quoted the woman.
"Oh yes! 'Burdens,' of course!" agreed Mickey. "But that couldn't mean
Lily, 'cause she's nothing but joy! Just pure joy! All about her is that a
fellow loves her so, that it keeps him laying awake at nights thinking how
to do what would be _best_ for her. She's mine, and I'm going to _keep_
her; that's the surest thing you know.


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