So you do the same thing, he
advisedheartily.
What in Christs name are we waiting for if youdont
think Im going? Can no one ever get that intotheir heads!
K, k, k, k, k, the younger woman snickered
derisively, proddinghim in the ribs again. Tell UncleBascom and Aunt Louise and all
the rest of em hello for me whenyou get to Boston.
The mother wasa woman of small but strong and solid
figure.
Im almost crazy fromworrying about him this summer.
So cheer up, honey,she said to him, we may have a chance yet. The boy flushed,
grinned uncertainly, and said nothing.
DoesEVERYTHING have to be put on my
shoulders?
Why, you havent anyintention of going today, you
know you havent, she said to him.
The trains are running every day, you know. Well,
thats news to me, the younger woman answered. Her voice had risen to a note of
frenzied despair. The mother wasa woman of small but strong and solid
figure.
Well, I know, I know, she said in a weary and
indifferent voice. Again he turned imploringly to his sister. The trains are running
every day, you know.
Why, good heavens, you act as ifsomeone is dead!
Well, if that dontbeat all I ever heard of!
K, k, k, k, k, the younger woman snickered
derisively, proddinghim in the ribs again. Youre the only one of us who ever had
guts enough togo through college, and were proud of you!
The boy, furiously red of face, squirmed, and
finally stammered:Why . Where the hell you been keepin yourself,anyway? The mother
wasa woman of small but strong and solid figure. I knew that Id seen you just as
soon as I saw yourface!
George Pentland said again, slowly looking his
cousinover from head to foot.
Everythings on hershoulders, he concluded in his
deep grave voice. Shell be telling you next you wereonly the fourteenth. Idkeep him
alive at any cost as long as there was a breath left inhim.
Why, you havent anyintention of going today, you
know you havent, she said to him.