"That what you want to talk to me about ?" "No." But Adams did not go on; he seemed to be in difficulties for words, and Walter decided to help him.
"Hop ahead and spring it," he said.

"Get it off your mind: I'll tell the world _I_ should worry! You aren't goin' to bother ME any, so why bother yourself?
Alice hopped home and told you she saw me playin' around with some pretty gay-lookin' berries and you----" "Alice ?" his father said, obviously surprised.

"It's nothing about Alice." "Didn't she tell you----" "I haven't talked with her all day." "Oh, I see," Walter said.

"She told mother and mother told you." "No, neither of 'em have told me anything.

What was there to tell ?" Walter laughed.