Here, I'll shut the dawg in the house; he's always plumb crazy with ambition to do just what yuh don't want him to do, and I don't want him following." He smiled upon her again (he was finding that rather easy to do) and closed the door lingeringly behind him.

Having never tried to analyze his feelings, he did not wonder why he stepped so softly along the frozen path that led to the stable, or why he felt that glow of elation which comes to a man only when he has found something precious in his sight.
"I wish I hadn't eat the last uh the flour this morning," he regretted anxiously.

"I coulda made some bread; there's a little yeast powder left in the can.

Darn the Pilgrim!".