human
Now, I must go! she cried.
gpt
Come out and see me harness up, Nursey.
human
I don't like it! she insisted.
gpt
You are an obstinate old dear, said Elsie, good-humoredly.
human
Wait till you're ill some day, and I go for the doctor. _Then_ you'll realize the advantage of practical education. What a queer smell of smoke there is, Nursey!
gpt
Yes; the woods has been on fire for quite a spell, back on the other side of Bald Top. You can smell the smoke most of the time. Seems to me it's stronger than usual, to-day.
human
You don't think there is any danger of its coming this way, do you?
gpt
Oh, no! contentedly.
human
I don't suppose it could come so far as this.
gpt
But why not? thought Elsie to herself, as she drove rapidly back.
human
If the wind were right for it, why shouldn't it come this way? Fires travel much farther than that on the prairies,--and they go very fast, too. I never did like having Nursey all alone by herself on that farm.