"Did you come to see where Petunia and I were?
Did you ?" Jed looked down at her.

"Why--why, I don't know's I didn't," he admitted.

"I--I kind of missed you, I guess." "Yes, and we missed you.

You see, Mamma said we mustn't go to the shop to-day because-- Oh, Mamma, perhaps he has come to tell you we won't have to--" Mrs.Armstrong interrupted.

"Hush, Babbie," she said, quickly.