"If you want me, Seth," she said.
Bennie D.sprang forward.

"Emeline," he shrieked, "what do you mean?
Are you going to leave me?
Have you forgotten--" "She ain't forgot nothin'," broke in Seth.

"But YOU'RE forgettin' what I told you.

Will you go aft there and set down, or shall I make you ?" "But--but, Emeline--sister--have you forgotten your promise to your dying husband?
To my brother?
You promised to give me a home as long as you owned one." Then Seth played his trump.
"She don't own any home," he declared triumphantly.

"She sold her house, and she ain't got any home--except the one I'm goin' to give her.