"I ain't no hawse.

I'se goin' to a buthday-pa'ty to-night.

Miss Hallie done give me an invite--me an' Mammy." "Whose goin' to stay with me an' Ivy ?" asked Bud, anxiously.
"Aunt Susan, I reckon," answered John Jay.

"Mammy tole me to go ask her.
Come along with me, an' I'll tell you what all Miss Hallie got for her buthday.

I reckon she had mos' a thousand presents, an' a box of candy half as big as Ivy." Bud opened his eyes in amazement.
"Deed she did," persisted John Jay, enjoying the sensation he was making.