aughed a
little at her. "You want me to believe that really now Melanctha. All
right I believe it if you want me to Melanctha. I certainly be good to
you to-night the way you like it. I believe you certainly did want
to see me Melanctha, and there was no way you could fix it." "Oh Jeff
dear," said Melanctha, "I sure was wrong to act so to you. It's awful
hard for me ever to say it to you, I have been wrong in my acting to
you, but I certainly was bad this time Jeff to you. It do certainly
come hard to me to say it Jeff, but I certainly was wrong to go away
from you the way I did it. Only you always certainly been so bad Jeff,
and such a bother to me, and making everything always so hard for me,
and I certainly got some way to do it to make it come back sometimes
to you. You bad boy Jeff, now you hear me, and this certainly is the
first time Jeff I ever yet said it to anybody, I ever been wrong,
Jeff, you hear me!" "All right Melanctha, I sure do forgive you,
cause it's certainly the first time I ever heard you say you ever did
anything wrong the way you shouldn't," and Jeff Campbell laughed and
kissed her, and Melanctha laughed and loved him, and they really were
happy now for a little time together.

And now they were very happy in each other and then they were silent
and then they became a little sadder and then they were very quiet
once more with each other.

"Yes I certainly do love you Jeff!" Melanctha said and she was very
dreamy. "Sure, Melanctha." "Yes Jeff sure, but not the way you are now
ever thinking. I love you more and more seems to me Jeff always, and
I certainly do trust you more and more always to me when I know you. I
do love you Jeff, sure yes, but not the kind of way of loving you
are ever thinking it now Jeff with me. I ain't got certainly no hot
passion any more now in me. You certainly have killed all that kind of
feeling now Jeff in me. You certainly do know that Jeff, now the way I
am always, when I am loving with you. You certainly do know that Jeff,
and that's the way you certainly do like it now in me. You certainly
don't mind now Jeff, to hear me say this to you."

Jeff Campbell was hurt so that it almost killed him. Yes he certainly
did know now what it was to have real hot love in him, and yet
Melanctha certainly was right, he did not deserve she should ever give
it to him. "All right Melanctha I ain't ever kicking. I always will
give you certainly always everything you want that I got