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"Izh restless hearts like restless tummuks?" interrupted Toddie. "Kind o' limpy an' wabbley?" "I suppose so," said Mrs. Burton. "Poor folks," said Toddie clasping, his hands over his waistband: "Izhe sorry for 'em." "While smart folks were trying to think out what should be done," continued Mrs.
He made a waggish face to finish with: Three scarlet huntsmen got into frock-coats, And they pinched their poor feet, and they tortured their throats; And the first married Ellen, the second wed Claire, While the third said, "Re Renar izh waishing back zhere." He assumed the expression for a moment of one astutely drunk.
"Little boysh is goosies for tryin' to make big folksh happy at all," said Toddie, beginning again to cry. "Oh, no, they're not, dear," said Mrs. Burton, taking the sorrowful child into her lap. "But they don't always understand how best to do it, so they ought to ask big folks before they begin." "Then there wouldn't be no s'prises," complained Toddie. "Say; izh we goin' to eat all this supper?"
"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.
Burton was glad to see Toddie come out of a brown study and hear him say: "I fink that placesh where the river is bwoke off izh the nicest placesh." "What does the child mean?" asked his aunt. "Don't you know where we went last year, an' you stopped us from seein' how far we could hang over, Uncle Harry?" said Budge. "Oh Passaic Falls!" exclaimed Mr. Burton. "Yes, that's it," said Budge.
"Old riverzh bwoke wight in two there," said Toddie, "an' a piece of it's way up in the air, an' anuvver piece izh way down in big hole in the shtones. That'sh where I want to go widin'." "Listen, Toddy," said Mrs. Burton. "We like to take you riding with us at most times, but to-day we prefer to go alone. You and Budge will stay at home we shan't be gone more than two hours."
You don't want your father and mother to see you all dirty, do you?" "Of course not," said Budge. "Oh, Izh I goin' to be djessed up all nicey?" asked Toddie. "Goody! goody! goody!" I always thought my sister Helen had an undue amount of vanity, and here it was reappearing in the second generation. "An' I wantsh my shoes made all nigger," said Toddie. "What?"
"Azh wadiant azh ze matchless wose Zat poeck-artuss fanshy; Azh fair azh whituss lily-blowzh; Azh moduss azh a panzhy; Azh pure azh dew zat hides wiffin Awwahwah's sun-tissed tsallish; Azh tender azh ze pwimwose fweet All zish, and moah, izh Alish." I gasped for breath. "Who taught you all that, Toddie?" asked one of the ladies. "When did you learn it?"
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