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[Holds it up to the light admiringly]

Umn-umph! It’s purty enough, but I hain’t the least notion what it’s fer!

Ahem! Does she look anything like her knittin’, Sid?

Yeh, some.

Well, I hope you cain’t see through her as easy. [ laughs.] You didn’t let her fool you up with her good looks, did you?

Well, I didn’t fetch her back with me, like some of ’em done.

If you had, I know a gal here that ’ld ha’ scratched her eyes out.

[ rises nervously and crosses the room. glances at him sympathetically.]

Whar you goin’, Rufe?