With her face still flushed by the unexpected caress, and her
golden curls still rumpled from the baby's mischievous little
fingers, Patty looked like a harum-scarum schoolgirl.
"Be careful," she warned, shaking a finger at him. "I was just
about to forgive you because of your mistake in identity, but if
you make me really angry, I'll NEVER forgive you."
"Come back, and ALL will be forgiven," said the young man, mock-
dramatically, as he held out his arms for a repetition of the
scene.
"This is your punishment," said Patty, gaily, paying no attention
to his fooling. "You are not to tell of this episode! I know
you'll want to, for it IS a good joke, but I should be
unmercifully teased. And as you owe me something for--for putting
me in a false position----"
"Delightful position!" murmured the young man.
"You owe me SOMETHING," went on Patty, severely, "and I claim your
promise not to tell any one,--not even Mona,--what you did."
"I WON'T tell," was the fervent reply. "I swear I won't tell! It
shall be OUR secret,--yours and mine. Our sweet secret, and we'll
have another some day."
"What!"
"Another secret, I mean. What DID you think I meant? Any one is
liable to have a secret,--any two, I mean.
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