`` Shall you live here always when you come back ? asked Bab , as Thorny paused for breath . `` Celia wants to . I shall go to college , so I do n't mind . George is going to help the old minister here and see how he likes it . I 'm to study with him , and if he is as pleasant as he used to be we shall have capital times , -- see if we do n't . '' `` I wonder if he will want me round , '' said Ben , feeling no desire to be a tramp again . `` I do , so you need n't fret about that , my hearty , '' answered Thorny , with a resounding slap on the shoulder which reassured Ben more than any promises . `` I 'd like to see a live wedding , then we could play it with our dolls . I 've got a nice piece of mosquito netting for a veil , and Belinda 's white dress is clean . Do you s ` pose Miss Celia will ask us to hers ? '' said Betty to Bab , as the boys began to discuss St. Bernard dogs with Spirit . `` I wish I could , dears , '' answered a voice behind them ; and there was Miss Celia , looking so happy that the little girls wondered what the letter could have said to give her such bright eyes and smiling lips . `` I shall not be gone long , or be a bit changed when I come back , to live among you years I hope , for I am fond of the old place now , and mean it shall be home , '' she added , caressing the yellow heads as if they were dear to her . `` Oh , goody ! '' cried Bab , while Betty whispered with both arms round Miss Celia , -- `` I do n't think we could bear to have anybody else come here to live . '' `` It is very pleasant to hear you say that , and I mean to make others feel so , if I can . I have been trying a little this summer , but when I come back I shall go to work in earnest to be a good minister 's wife , and you must help me . '' `` We will , '' promised both children , ready for any thing except preaching in the high pulpit . Then Miss Celia turned to Ben , saying , in the respectful way that always made him feel at least twenty-five , -- `` We shall be off to-morrow , and I leave you in charge .
Go on just as if we were here , and be sure nothing will be XXXXX as far as you are concerned when we come back . ''
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