"What do you think I am?
I ain't runnin' an orphan asylum.

No, sir! I'll keep the young one a day or so--or maybe a week--and then I'll pack her off to Betsy Howes.

I ain't so soft as they think I am.

I'LL show 'em!" Mr.Tidditt looked thoughtful.
"She's a kind of cute little girl, ain't she ?" he observed.
Captain Cy's frown vanished and a smile took its place.
"That's so," he chuckled.

"She is, now that's a fact! I don't know's I ever saw a cuter.".