THIS time." She was half sorry her sagacity had miscarried, and half glad that Tom had stumbled into obedient conduct for once.
But Sidney said: "Well, now, if I didn't think you sewed his collar with white thread, but it's black." "Why, I did sew it with white! Tom!" But Tom did not wait for the rest.

As he went out at the door he said: "Siddy, I'll lick you for that." In a safe place Tom examined two large needles which were thrust into the lapels of his jacket, and had thread bound about them--one needle carried white thread and the other black.

He said: "She'd never noticed if it hadn't been for Sid.

Confound it! sometimes she sews it with white, and sometimes she sews it with black.

I wish to geeminy she'd stick to one or t'other--I can't keep the run of 'em.