I'll take care of you." Sid appeared.
"Tom," said he, "auntie has been waiting for you all the afternoon.
Mary got your Sunday clothes ready, and everybody's been fretting about you.

Say--ain't this grease and clay, on your clothes ?" "Now, Mr.Siddy, you jist 'tend to your own business.

What's all this blow-out about, anyway ?" "It's one of the widow's parties that she's always having.

This time it's for the Welshman and his sons, on account of that scrape they helped her out of the other night.

And say--I can tell you something, if you want to know." "Well, what ?" "Why, old Mr.Jones is going to try to spring something on the people here to-night, but I overheard him tell auntie to-day about it, as a secret, but I reckon it's not much of a secret now.