Living up to the ideas
of a good man."
"Mamma! Mamma! you can't backslide now--ever."
"My little baby, who's helped me through such bad times, it's your turn
now, Alma, to be care free like other girls."
"I'll never leave you, mamma, even if--he--Latz--shouldn't want me."
"He will, darling, and does! Those were his words. 'A room for Alma.'"
"I'll never leave you!"
"You will! Much as Louis and I want you with us every minute, we won't
stand in your way! That's another reason I'm so happy, Alma. I'm not
alone any more now. Leo's so crazy over you, just waiting for the chance
to--pop--"
"Shh--sh--h--h!"
"Don't tremble so, darling. Mamma knows. He told Mrs. Gronauer last
night when she was joking him to buy a ten-dollar carnation for the
Convalescent Home Bazaar, that he would only take one if it was white,
because little white flowers reminded him of Alma Samstag."
"Oh, mamma!"
"Say, it is as plain as the nose on your face. He can't keep his eyes
off you. He sells goods to Doctor Gronauer's clinic and he says the same
thing about him.
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