Page:The Country Boy.djvu/30

22 closer and drew a long breath, Grandmother Geer said, “Homer, you and Grandma aren’t going to leave me, are you?” All I did was to nod and ask her if she had any cookies, when Grandmother Davenport broke down and commenced to sob. Finally we all sat down, I with the cookies and the rest with long faces. Granny Geer said, “Well, Grandpa will get rid of all the chickens if you’re going, we won’t