"Quincy," said she, "you are better looking than ever; you're almost as
good looking as Robert was, and he was the handsomest man I ever saw.
How many different country girls have you kissed since you saw me last?"
"I kept the count," said Quincy, "till I went to a surprise party a week
ago Monday, and then I lost it."
"Of all the kisses that you have had, whose do you prize the most?"
"Those from my beloved Aunt Ella," replied Quincy.
Aunt Ella smiled and said, "You know how to keep on the right side of an
old woman who has got money."
"I didn't think of that until you called my attention to it," said
Quincy gravely.
"And I didn't believe it when I said it," added Aunt Ella. A few moments
later she rang and ordered a light lunch. When this was over she went to
an old secretary with brass handles, opened a drawer, and took out a
cigar box.
"I have a few of Robert's cigars left," she said.
Quincy took one and resumed his seat in the easy-chair.
Aunt Ella opened another drawer in the secretary and took out a pouch of
tobacco, a package of rice paper and a box of wax tapers.
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