Page, however, bridled with seriousness as often as the matter came up. Yes, that was all very well, but Landry was a decent, hardworking young fellow, with all his way to make and no time to waste, and if Laura didn’t mean that it should come to anything it wasn’t very fair to him to keep him dangling along like that.

“I guess,” Laura was accustomed to reply, looking significantly at Aunt Wess’, “that our little girlie has a little bit of an eye on a certain hardworking young fellow herself.” And the answer invariably roused Page.