_Never!_ So, I advise thee to mind thy ways, and thy words." "Thank you, mother.

I know you speak to me out of a sincere heart." "To be sure I do.

And out of a kind heart also.

_Why-a!_ When John said to me, 'Mother, I love Jane Harlow,' I answered, 'Thou art right to love her.

She is a fit and proper wife for thee,' and I made up my mind to love thee, too--faults included." "Then love me now, mother.