. Partners. ety aboutthe album. How could she have beenworried over so little a thing! Howgladly would she exchange this new de-spair for that old pain .... Mandy! some one shouted from in PARTNERS the road. It was William Sprague; hewas pushing the sagging gate backacross the grass and coming into thecemetery. I want to speak to you,Mandy, he said, in his loud, cheerfulvoice. Your mother said she believedyou was up here. If you dont mind,Ill talk to you a bit. He had reachedher by this time, and stood watching herwith friendly concern. Jimmy cameand sniffed her hand, then licked it withhis li
. Partners. ety aboutthe album. How could she have beenworried over so little a thing! Howgladly would she exchange this new de-spair for that old pain .... Mandy! some one shouted from in PARTNERS the road. It was William Sprague; hewas pushing the sagging gate backacross the grass and coming into thecemetery. I want to speak to you,Mandy, he said, in his loud, cheerfulvoice. Your mother said she believedyou was up here. If you dont mind,Ill talk to you a bit. He had reachedher by this time, and stood watching herwith friendly concern. Jimmy cameand sniffed her hand, then licked it withhis little rough tongue. Amanda didnot notice him, and William shook hishead. Why, he thought, she dontsee Jimmy! She must be awful cut upnot to see Jimmy. Mandy, he said, Ive thought ofsomething. It isnt perhaps just thething youd like, but its the only wayout of the darned mess. And Im will-in. Well, I—Id really like it, Mandy. Amandas lips parted; her eyes di-lated. A way out? Get married! said William, 112 a. > QZ- UJ PARTNERS Amanda stared at him. I mean you and me, William ex-plained. Its like this: your ma wouldbe pleased, and shed never know any-thing. Id be pleased; Id have a home,and Id be comfortable. Youd bepleased, cause you wouldnt be worriedabout money. And I dont mind beingmarried the least bit; honest,I dont. Ilike you, Mandy. Its only fair to say Ilike you. I told your ma I liked you, andI was comin up here to tell you so. You told mother? said Amanda, ina whisper. Youhavent thought that way aboutme, I know, he apologized, and ofcourse its sudden and wed have to bespry; wed have to get spliced beforeMonday. But just look at it, Mandy:its the only way to get ahead of , confound him! I wish Idlet him get that ball that was meantfor him. Course, wed never let on toyour ma why we did it; she could con- 3 PARTNERS sider me a third partner, he said, winking: But besides makin it right for her, it would be agreeable to me. As I say, I think youre a nice gi
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