"Yes, father," I replied.
He knew I had not, and I even now recall that he said not a word but
walked away in the twilight so burdened and bowed because of hearing a
falsehood from his own boy that it suddenly gave him the appearance of
an old man. The boys left, and I watered the stock. Then, boy like, I
forgot, went to bed and slept. During the next forenoon Mother called
me to her and said:
"Do you know your father neither went to bed nor slept all last night?"