A JOURNEY TO NATURE 



&quot; Did you ever drink any apple juice warm out 

 of a press ? Let s go down that old cow-path in 

 the meadow and get a tin dipper full of it.&quot; 



&quot;A man who has a child,&quot; I remarked, &quot;must 

 take into consideration his responsibility. It s a 

 weight he cannot shirk.&quot; 



&quot; But we agreed to leave all our responsibilities 

 behind us,&quot; broke in the Doctor. &quot; Come on, down 

 the cowpath. We are free from all the temporary 

 attachments of the Hotchkiss menage. Nothing 

 will follow us, if we keep in the cow-path there s 

 a rabbit or something in that bush look. No, 

 it isn t a rabbit well, I ll be blessed.&quot; 



And at that moment the yellow dog put her 

 head through the bushes, and we could see by the 

 disturbance of the leaves that she was wagging her 

 tail inquiringly, Paul Pry fashion, and trying to 

 say, &quot; I hope I don t intrude.&quot; 



I replied to the Doctor with a subtle look of 

 triumph, but I refrained from gloating over him. 



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