Twas so noisome and it stank so! The people rushed hither and yon with no thought to whether they had stept on your shoe or poked you with their elbow. I helped Jeannie down from the coach with the babies and stood by for her reunion with her husband, who was a broad man with a mustache. He seemed very glad to see her and gave her and little Mary a kiss and then he looked at me in a kind way so that I was not afraid to say my name to him and how I had met his wife on the coach.“And oh, Michael, Susan helped me ever so much with the babies on our journey,” said Jeannie.“How de do,” said he and tipped his hat very friendly, but did he make to take the sleeping baby from me? No, he did not. Jeannie gave him a nudge with her shoulder, but he did not see what she was about until she told him to take his son. Then he understood and made a big show of accepting the child from my arms, while Jeannie and I made faces and rolled our eyes to each other where he could not see it.“Will you have a bite of dinner with us then, Susan Rose?”
