human
You always kiss me for telling you that, Miss Ruth, and so does mamma. What do you do it for? Do you like little boys to love you?
gpt
You have not told me how much you love me, was the laughing reply.
human
I cannot answer questions till I know all about them.
gpt
O, I love you more than all the world, except my mamma;--isn't that _ever_ so much?
human
Yes, that is a great deal. Then you don't love any one but your mamma and me?
gpt
I love God, and the earnest eyes were fixed on the blue clouds.
human
Would you like to be up there, Miss Ruth? Mamma reads about it for me. I should like to go up there and see it. I should like to see God, too, but I would come back again, you know. Mamma always cries and hugs me when I say that; just as if I would stay away from mamma and you. I guess I wouldn't. But I would see all the beautiful things the Bible says are there, and then I would draw pretty pictures. Mamma says there is a house up there for us all, and some day we will go and stay there. Do you want to go, Miss Ruth?
gpt
Yes, some day, she replied; but there was no kindling of the eye, no joy of soul at the thought, for Ruth knew that her earthly love was stronger and more absorbing than the heavenly.
human
There, now, we will go and see about Miss Agnes's dinner,
gpt
Miss Agnes has not come, Martha?
human
No, ma'am. I have been watching for her. She will be awful hot, I think.
gpt
You are Miss Agnes's little girl, and I am Miss Ruth's little boy, aren't we?
human
I am Miss Ruth's, too,
gpt
Yes, but you love Miss Agnes best.
human
I love both just the same--only different; but Miss Agnes was my teacher.
gpt
as Martha said, she was met by smiling faces, and waited on by loving hands, and finally it ended in a
human
Isn't he a darling,
gpt
Yes, he is a remarkable child; his mother must be very fond of him. I have been planning something to-day, Agnes, for all hands,
human
What?
gpt
I can't tell you until we are alone. But it will bring the roses to somebody's cheeks, and be very nice for all the somebodies.
human
Don't let us do any thing this afternoon, but talk or read,