I--I don't know's I done right in runnin' off and leavin' you the way I did.

Don't you s'pose you could give me another chance?
Emeline, I--" "Seth Bascom, what do you mean ?" "Just what I say.

Emeline, you and me was mighty happy together once.
Let's try it again.

I will, if you will." She was staring at him in good earnest now.
"Why, Seth!" she exclaimed.

"What are you talkin' about?
You--the chronic woman-hater!" "That be blessed! I wa'n't really a woman-hater.