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 He went on to explain some of the dangers of the "unmerried" state, and denounced gay seducers until Amandy fled and Mis' Higginson yawned. She hadn't seen any gay seducers around her neighbourhood, and wasn't troublin' none about 'em, she said.

"Pore woman!" said George; and then at sundown Bill returned in his Studebaker wagon drawn by two mules, and he found his brother with his mouth open, while Amandy and her mother were horribly exhausted.

"Thank the Lord, here's Paw," said Amandy, as she flew out to greet him, when he came trotting up to the door.

"In the mawnin', when he's quiet and rested, I'll get him on one side and reelate thess disaster to him," said George. "But I'll hev another drap o' tea, Mary. Tellin' the noos makes one dry, so it does, though I'm not one to talk 'cept on occasion."

That evening George and Bill talked against each other, but George kept on dropping hints