I did n't know he was going to , '' cried Dora , blushing scarlet . `` Well , you did n't slap him or seem a bit cross , '' retorted Davy . `` I 'll tell her THAT , too , if you do n't come . We 'll take the short cut up this field . '' `` I 'm afraid of those cows , '' protested poor Dora , seeing a prospect of escape . `` The very idea of your being scared of those cows , '' scoffed Davy . `` Why , they 're both younger than you . '' `` They 're bigger , '' said Dora . `` They wo n't hurt you . Come along , now . This is great . When I grow up I ai n't going to bother going to church at all . I believe I can get to heaven by myself . '' `` You 'll go to the other place if you break the Sabbath day , '' said unhappy Dora , following him sorely against her will . But Davy was not scared -- yet . Hell was very far off , and the delights of a fishing expedition with the Cottons were very near . He wished Dora had more spunk . She kept looking back as if she were going to cry every minute , and that spoiled a fellow 's fun . Hang girls , anyway . Davy did not say `` darn '' this time , even in thought .
He was not sorry -- yet -- that he had said it once , but it might be as well not XXXXX tempt the Unknown Powers too far on one day .
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