David looked
up at her red cheeks and the merry shine of her eyes, and smiled upon
her.
"You look pretty nice this mornin'," he remarked.
Letty gave a little dancing step and laughed. The sun was bright; there
was a purple haze over the hills, and the nearer woods were yellow. The
world was a jewel newly set for her.
"I _am_ nice!" said she. "David, do you know our anniversary's comin'
on? It's 'most a year since we were married,--a year the fifteenth."
David loosened the last wheel, and rose to look at her.
"Sho!" said he, with great interest "Is that so? Well, 't was a good
bargain. Best trade I ever made in _my_ life!"
"And we've got to celebrate," said Letty masterfully. "I'll tell you
how. I've had it all planned for a month. We'll get up at four, have
our breakfast, ride over to Star Pond, and picnic all day long. We'll
take a boat and go out rowin', and we'll eat our dinner on the water!"
David smiled back at her, and then, with a sudden recollection, pursed
his lips.
"I'm awful sorry, Letty," he said honestly, "but I've got to go over to
Long Pastur' an' do that fencin', or I can't put the cattle in there
before we turn 'em into the shack. You know that fence was all done up
in the spring, but that cussed breachy cow o' Tolman's hooked it down;
an' if I wait for him to do it--well, you know what he is!"
"Oh, you can put off your fencin'!" cried Letty.
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