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“Listentothat！Moreweddings！“criedLeon。HedroppedonhiskneesbeforeShelley。“Willyoumarryme，myprettymaid？“hebegged。
“Youngman，ifyoucutanycapersrightnow，I’llcuffyourears！“criedfather。“Thisisnopropertimeforyourfoolishness！“
“`Shelley，Ibegthatyouwillbelieveme，andifyoucareformeintheveryleast，telegraphifImaycome。Quick！I’mhalfinsanetoseeyou。Ihavemanythingstotellyou，firstofallhowdearyouaretome。Pleasetelegraph。Robert。’“
“Saddleahorse，Leon！“fathercriedasheunstrappedhiswallet。
“Laddie，takedownhermessage。“
“Canyouputitintotenwords？“askedLaddie。
“Mother，whatwouldyousay？“questionedShelley。
Leonhelduphisfingersandcurleddownonewitheachword。
“Say，`DearRobert。Wellandhappy。Comewhenyougetready。’“
“ButthenIwon’tknowwhenhe’scoming，“objectedShelley。“Youdon’tneedto，“saidLeon。“Youcantakeitforgrantedfromthatepistolaryeffusionthathewon’tletthegrassgrowunderhisfeetwhilecominghere。That’sabullymessage！Itsoundsasifyouweren’tcrazyoverhim，andit’sabigcomplimenttomother。Looksasifshedidn’thavetoknowwhenpeoplearecoming——likeshe’sreadyallthetime。“
“Writeitoutandletmesee，“saidShelley。
SoLaddiewroteit，andshelookedatitalongtime，itseemedtome，atlastshesaid：“Idon’tlikethat`get。’Itdoesn’tsoundright。Wouldn’t`are’bebetter？“
“Comewhenyouareready，“repeatedLaddie。“Yes，that’sbetter。
`Get’soundsrathersaucy。“
“Whynotputit，`Comewhenyouchoose？’“suggestedmother。
“Thatwillleaveawordtospare，soitwon’tlookasifyouhadcountedthemandusedexactlytenonpurpose，anditdoesn’tsoundasifyouexpectedhimtomakelongpreparations，liketheother。Thatwillleaveitwithhimtostartwheneverhelikes。“
“Yes！yes！“criedShelley。“That’smuchbetter！Say，`Comewhenyouchoose！’“
“Right！“saidLaddieashewroteit。“NowI’lltakethis！“
“Ohnoyouwon’t！“criedLeon。“Fathertoldmetosaddlemyhorse。She’sgotenoughspeedinhertobeatyoursamile。I
takethat！Didn’tyousayformetosaddle，father？“
“Suchimportantbusiness，IthinkIbetter，“saidLaddie，andLeonbegantocry。
“Ithinkyoushouldbothgo，“saidShelley。“Itissoimportant，andifonegoestomakeamistake，maybetheotherwillnoticeit。“
“Yes，that’sthebestway，“saidmother。
“Yes，bothgo，“saidfather。
ItwaslikeonestreakwhentheywentuptheBigHill。Fathershookhishead。“Poorjudgment——that，“hesaid。“Neverrunahorseuphill！“
“Butthey’reinsuchahurry，“Shelleyremindedhim。
“Sotheyare，“saidfather。“InthiscaseImighthavebrokentherulemyself。Nowcomeallofyou，andletthechildgetathermail。“
“ButIwantyoutostay，“saidShelley。“I’msoaddle-patedthismorning。Ineedmyfamilytohelpme。“
“Ofcourseyoudo，child，“saidmother。“Familiesweremadetoclingtogether，andstandbyeachotherineverycircumstanceoflife——joyorsorrow。Ofcourseyouneedyourfamily。“
MaybegansortingthelettersbydatessoShelleycouldstartontheonethathadbeenwrittenfirst。Fatherranhisknifeacrossthetopofeach，andcutalltheenvelopes，andShelleytookoutthefirstandreadit；thatwasthetrainone。Inithetoldheraboutsendingtheboywiththenoteagain，andexplainedmoreabouthowitwassoveryimportantforhimtohurry，becausetheonlymanwhocouldhelphimwassosick。Wetalkeditover，andallofusthoughttheboyhadkeptthemoneyandtornupthenote。Fathersaidthewaywouldhavebeentosendthenoteandpaytheboywhenhecameback；butShelleysaidMr。Pagetwouldhavebeengonebeforetheboygotback，sofathersawthatwouldn’thavebeentheway，insuchacase。
Nextshereadonewrittenontheboat。Hetoldmoreaboutsendingtheboy；howhelovedher，whatitwouldmeantobothofthemifhegottheevidencehewantedandwonhisfirstcase；andhowmuchitwouldbringhisfriend。Thenextonetolditalloveragain，andmore。Inthathewrotealittleabouttheocean，thepeopleonboardtheship，andhegaveShelleythenameoftheplacewherehewasgoingandbeg
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