said with almost a simper, "you are so masterful."

"How would you like me for an uncle?" Miss Minerva's affianced asked
Billy a few minutes later.

"Fine an' dandy," was the answer, as the child wriggled himself out of
his aunt's embrace. The enthusiastic reception accorded him, when he got
off the train, was almost too much for the little boy. He gazed at the
pair in embarrassment. He was for the moment disconcerted and overcome;
in place of the expected scoldings and punishment, he was received with
caresses and flattering consideration. He could not understand it at
all.

The Major put a hand on the little boy's shoulder and smiled a kindly
smile into his big, grey, astonished eyes as the happy lover delightedly
whispered, "Your aunt Minerva is going to marry me to-morrow, Billy."

"Pants an' all?" asked William Green Hill.

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