That 's why they 're more lovable than cats -- but I 'm darned if they 're as interesting . '' I laughed as I rose regretfully . `` Must you go , master ? And we have n't talked any business after all . I reckon it 's that stove matter you 've come about . It 's like those two fool trustees to start up a stove sputter in spring . It 's a wonder they did n't leave it till dog-days and begin then . '' `` They merely wished me to ask you if you approved of putting in a new stove . '' `` Tell them to put in a new stove -- any kind of a new stove -- and be hanged to them , '' rejoined Abel . `` As for you , master , you 're welcome to this garden any time . If you 're tired or lonely , or too ambitious or angry , come here and sit awhile , master . Do you think any man could keep mad if he sat and looked into the heart of a pansy for ten minutes ? When you feel like talking , I 'll talk , and when you feel like thinking , I 'll let you . I 'm a great hand to leave folks alone . '' `` I think I 'll come often , '' I said , `` perhaps too often . '' `` Not likely , master -- not likely -- not after we 've watched a moonrise contentedly together . It 's as good a test of compatibility as any I know . You 're young and I 'm old , but our souls are about the same age , I reckon , and we 'll find lots to say to each other . Are you going straight home from here ? '' `` Yes . ''
`` Then I 'm going XXXXX bother you to stop for a moment at Mary Bascom 's and give her a bouquet of my white lilacs .
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