"Yer mo'n welcome, honey," said Uncle Bob, soothed by Diddie's answer "yer mo'n welcome; but hit's gittin' too late fur you chil'en ter be out; yer'd better be er gittin' toerds home." Here the little girls looked at each other in some perplexity, for they knew Diddie had been missed, and they were afraid to go to the house.
But I seed 'em gittin' ready fur dinner as I comed erlong, an' you chil'en better be er gittin' toerds de table." That was enough for the little folks, and they hurried back to the creek. The table was formed by driving posts into the ground, and laying planks across them, and had been fixed up the day before by some of the men.
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