I want you to do somethin' for me, will you ?" "Sartin sure I will.

What is it ?" Mary-'Gusta glanced at Isaiah's face.

"I'd--I'd rather tell you, just you alone," she said.

"Please come into the sittin'-room." She tugged at his hand.

Much puzzled, he followed her through the dining-room and into the sitting-room.
"Well, Mary-'Gusta," he said, kindly, "now what is it?
What's the big secret ?" Mary-'Gusta closed the door.