If they'd carry their theories 'bout immersion 's fur as
their close, 't wouldn't be no harm."
"I don' know as I'd have agreed to keep either of 'em ef the whole
village hadn't intefered and wanted to manage my business for me, and be
so dretful charitable all of a sudden, and dictate to me and try to show
me my duty. I haven't had a minute's peace for more 'n a fortnight, and
now I hope they'll let me alone. I'll take the boy to the city
to-morrow, if I live to see the light, and when I come back I'll tie up
the gate and keep the neighbors out till this nine days' wonder gets
crowded out o' their heads by somethin' new."
"You're goin' to take Timothy to the city, are you?" asked Samantha
sharply.
"That's what I'm goin' to do; and the sooner the better for everybody
concerned. Timothy, shut that door and run out to the barn, and don't
you let me see you again till supper-time; do you hear me?"
"And you're goin' to put him in one o' them Homes?"
"Yes, I am. You see for yourself we can't find any place fer him
hereabouts."
"Well, I've ben waitin' for days to see what you was goin' to do, and
now I'll tell you what I'm goin' to do, if you'd like to know. I'm goin'
to keep Timothy myself; to have and to hold from this time forth and for
evermore, as the Bible says. That's what I'm goin' to do!"
Miss Cummins gasped with astonishment.
"I mean what I say, Vildy. I ain't so well off as some, but I ain't a
pauper, not by no means.
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