Good-bye, Miss Cecilia."
She caught his hand and held it fast; "I want you and Jimmy
to be my little pages at the wedding, and wear dear little
white satin suits all trimmed with gold braid," she tried to
be enthusiastic and arouse his interest; "and Lina and Frances
can be little flower-girls and we'll have such a beautiful
wedding."
"Jimmy an' Lina an' Frances can be all the pages an' flower-girls
an' brides an' grooms they wants to, but you can't rope me in,"
he scornfully replied. "I's done with you an' I ain't never
goin' to have me no mo' sweetheart long's I live."
CHAPTER XVIII
CLOSER THAN A BROTHER
It was a bad, rainy day. Jimmy and Billy were playing in
Sarah Jane's cabin, she, however, being in happy ignorance
of the fact. Her large stays, worn to the preaching the
night before, were hanging on the back of a chair.
"Ain't I glad I don' have to wear no corset when I puts on
long pants?" remarked Billy, pointing to the article.
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