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THE GENTLE GRAFTER
“‘No, Mr. Peters,’ says she. I’ll tell you. You was always a friend of Zeke’s, and I don’t mind. Mr. Peters, I’m in love. I just love a man so hard I can’t
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“‘Mr. Peters, I’m in love.’”
bear not to get him. He’s just the ideal I’ve always had in mind.’
“‘Then take him,’ says I. ‘That is, if it’s a mutual case. Does he return the sentiment according to
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