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"Wantsh to go a-widin'!" exclaimed Toddie. "I know you do, dear, but you must wait until some other day," said the lady. "But I wantsh to go," Toddie explained. "And I don't want you to, so you can't," said Mrs. Burton, in a tone which would reduce any reasonable person to hopelessness. But Toddie, in spite of manifest astonishment, remarked: "Wantsh to go a-widin'."
Burton entered, and, with a most exasperating affection of ingenuousness and uncertainty, asked: "Did you conquer his will, my dear?" His wife annihilated him with a look, and led the way to the dining-room; meanwhile Toddie awoke, straightened himself, rubbed his eyes, recognized his uncle and exclaimed: "Uncle Harry, does you know where we's goin' this afternoon? We's goin' a-widin'." And Mr.
"I wantsh to go so baddy," said Toddy, beginning to cry. "I suppose you do, and auntie is very sorry for you," said Mr. Burton, kindly; "but that does not alter the case. When grown people say 'No! little boys must understand that they mean it." "But what I wantsh izh to go a-widin' wif you," said Toddie. "And what I want is, that you shall stay at home; so you must," said Mrs. Burton.
You don't want to make auntie unhappy on her birthday, do you?" "No; but I do want to go a-widin'." "Listen Toddie," said Mrs. Burton, with an imperious stamp of her foot, and a sudden loss of her entire stock of patience. "If you say one more word about that trip, I will lock you up in the attic chamber, where you were day before yesterday, and Budge shall not be with you."
Under each one, however, her resolution grew weaker, and finally, with a hypocritical excuse to Budge, Mrs. Burton hurried up to the door of Toddie's prison, and said through the keyhole: "Toddie?" "What?" said Toddie. "Will you be a good-boy, now!" "Yesh, if you'll take me a-widin'." Mrs. Burton turned abruptly away, and simply flew down the stairs.
Toddie gave vent to a perfect torrent of tears, and screamed: "A h h h! I don't want to be locked up, an' I do want to go a-widin'." Toddie suddenly found himself clasped tightly in his aunt's arms, in which position he kicked, pushed, screamed, and roared, during the passage of two flights of stairs.
"Her's dere too, an' Mistah Drane, an' he tissed me, an' say I'se a fine 'ittle man, an' he will tek me a nice wide on his pitty b'ack hawse; so huwy up, sisser, an' tum an' see him, so's we tan doe a-widin'." When the girl entered the parlor, she saw at once that this was to be a momentous interview. Her mother, dressed in her best silk gown, but looking pale and nervous, was talking to Mr.
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