16/17 Turkey is sure to forgive you when you've done what you can to make amends. I have a high opinion of Turkey--as you call him." "If he would, papa, I should not wish for any other company than his." "A boy wants various kinds of companions, Ranald, but I fear you have been neglecting Turkey. You owe him much." "Yes, indeed I do, papa," I answered; "and I have been neglecting him. If I had kept with Turkey, I should never have got into such a dreadful scrape as this." "That is too light a word to use for it, my boy. |