I wo n't need him when I have you . '' Isaac meant to be complimentary , though you might n't have thought so if you had seen the face of that dog . Isaac ordered Julius Caesar away and put up the ladder , and turned his back , real considerately , while we climbed down . We had to go in his house and stay till the shower was over . I did n't forget the object of our call and I produced our subscription list at once . `` How much have you got ? '' asked Isaac . `` Seventy dollars and we want a hundred and fifty , '' I said . `` You may put me down for the remaining eighty , then , '' said Isaac calmly . The Applebys are never mean where money is concerned , I must say . Isaac offered to drive us home when it cleared up , but I said `` No . '' I wanted to settle Melissa before she got a chance to talk . On the way home I said to her : `` I hope you wo n't mention this to anyone , Melissa . I do n't mind marrying Isaac , but I do n't want people to know how it came about . '' `` Oh , I wo n't say anything about it , '' said Melissa , laughing a little disagreeably . `` Because , '' I said , to clinch the matter , looking significantly at her front hair as I said it , `` I have something to tell , too . '' Melissa will hold her tongue . By the Rule of Contrary `` Look here , Burton , '' said old John Ellis in an ominous tone of voice , `` I want to know if what that old busybody of a Mary Keane came here today gossiping about is true . If it is -- well , I 've something to say about the matter ! Have you been courting that niece of Susan Oliver 's all summer on the sly ? ''
Burton XXXXX 's handsome , boyish face flushed darkly crimson to the roots of his curly black hair .
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