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Well, do you want to hear what I have been up to or not?" "I certainly do! Go ahead. I'm all ears," so while Zip walked up and down in the trough to get clean, Tabby sat curled up on the board at the end, purring contentedly as she listened to Zip's account of his morning's doings.
"I'd hate to be one o' Zip's kids with you gettin' busy around me," she cried, chuckling in an infuriating manner. It was too much for Sandy. He turned fiercely as he reached the door. "You're 'bug," he declared roughly. "I tell you, Zip's kids ain't nothin' to do with me " "Which, I'd say, was lucky for them," cried Birdie airily.
Peter-Kins gave a jerk and tried to run up the towel, leaving his bandage in Zip's mouth. While Zip was trying to get the cloth out of his mouth, Peter-Kins dropped to the floor and climbed up on the kitchen table.
"All right," he said, finally, as Zip trotted along down the hill, and came out on a level road that led to Green Pond. "I'll make up a new riddle for the lumberman," he went on. "Or I could ask him about Zip's breath coming in short pants." "All right, ask him that," agreed Russ. "I hope he gives us the papers." Mr. Barker's place was on the shores of Green Pond.
Sunny, you best pile up them washin' fixin's that hand-scrubber, the soap, that wash-flannel an' the towels. Guess that's the nighest you'll ever come to bathin' yourself. Sandy Joyce ken carry the hot water, an', if Zip's yaller pup gets around, see you don't scald him any. Guess I'll handle these yer dippers. That way Zip'll be free to take the kids along.
But your dog seems to be scratched," went on the man, as he looked carefully and saw some more red spots of blood on Zip's nose. "Yes, your cat scratched him," returned Russ. "I guess Zip won't chase her any more." "I guess not," the red-haired man agreed. "So you had an upset, did you?" he went on as he noticed the overturned cart. "Did either of you get hurt?" "No, thank you," answered Russ.
Imagine his surprise when he saw him jump in the trough where he always watered his horses! "So you are the cause of my finding the water so often dirty and all stirred up, are you? I have been wondering and wondering what caused it. Well, you can just stop riling old Jim's drinking water." But to Zip's dismay, the soot would not come off as the mud and dough had.
They ain't easy handlin'. They got to be bro't up reg'lar, an' their stummicks ain't to be pizened with no wrong sort o' vittles. Ther's such a heap o' things to kids o' that age it makes me nigh sweat at the tho't. Howsum, Zip's down an' out, an' we got to see him right someways.
He hurried away like a man ashamed. Scipio had such a way of looking into his eyes. But once out of sight he slackened his pace. And presently a smile crept into his small eyes, that set them twinkling. "Guess I'm every kind of a fule," he muttered. "A thousand dollars! Gee! An' ther' ain't gold within a mile of the doggone claim 'cep' when Zip's ther'," he added thoughtfully.
For the rest, my dollars, and anything else I've got, I'd like Zip's kids to have. They're bright kids, and I've got a notion for them. And, seeing Zip's their father, maybe dollars will be useful to them. You can divide things equally between them.
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