"He won't try to do anything at all, until he practises so he can do it well." "Score one for Laddie," he said in a queer voice.
"Are you in a hurry about the lions and tigers ?" "Not at all," he answered.
"Well, here I always stop and let Governor Oglesby go swimming," I said.
Mr.Mahlon Pryor sat on the bank of our Little Creek, took off his hat and shook back his hair as if the wind felt good on his forehead.

I fished Dick Oglesby from the ammunition in my apron pocket, and held him toward the cross old man, and he wasn't cross at all.

It's funny how you come to get such wrong ideas about people.
"My big married sister who lives in Westchester sent him to me last Christmas," I explained.

"I have another doll, great big, with a Scotch plaid dress made from pieces of mine, but I only play with her on Sunday when I dare not do much else.

I like Dick the best because he fits my apron pocket.