You might ask Kenneth!"
"No, thank you. I don't want any of the boys. I'll be glad to get
away from them for awhile. I must have some new frocks, Nan.
Something Springy, you know."
"Yes, we'll go and order them to-day. I'd love to." Nan spoke
absentmindedly, for she was reading her own letters, and Patty
proceeded to open the rest of her mail.
That evening Kenneth came for his answer.
Patty had talked it over with her father, and had concluded the
kindest thing was to tell Kenneth frankly, no.
The scene was not as difficult as Patty had feared, for Kenneth took
the cheerful attitude of believing that she would yet relent.
"So long as there is no one else, Patty, girl," he said, very
gently, "I'm going to hope that you will yet learn to love me. I
shall never despair, until you tell me yourself that you have given
your heart to some one else."
"And we'll be good friends, Ken?"
"You bet we will! You needn't think I'm down and out because you've
said no, once! I'm not awfully swift, Patty, but I'm terribly
persistent,--and I'm just going to keep on loving you, in hope that
some day you'll come to me because you want to."
"But there's no promise, Ken."
"No, dear, no promise.
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