And Daddie worked, and mammy worked, and another woman.

You are pleased, ain't you, Uncle Dannie ?" "Who told ye to call me Uncle ?" asked Dannie, with unsteady lips.
"She did!" announced the little woman, flourishing the whip in the direction of the cabin.

Dannie climbed down to unhitch.

"You are goin' to be my Uncle, ain't you, as soon as it's a little over a year, so folks won't talk ?" "Who told ye that ?" panted Dannie, hiding behind a horse.
"Nobody told me! Mammy just SAID it to Daddy, and I heard," answered the little maid.

"And I'm glad of it, and so are all of us glad.