"Heigho, Thaney, air ye erwake yit?" questioned the father.
"Erwake! Ya'as, 'n' likely ter be," said the mother. "Thaney's one o' th'
setters-up, she is."
"Give 'er ter me, Malviny. Don't pappy's gal want er ride on pappy's foot?
See 'ere, now! Whoopee!" and placing the plump little body astride his
foot, the leg of which crossed the other, and clasping the baby hands in
his, he tossed her up and down till she crowed and laughed in a perfect
abandon of baby glee. A smiling audience looked on in joyous sympathy with
the baby's pleasure, the old gra'mammy murmuring softly, "It's like feelin'
the sunshine ter hear her laugh!"
"There, pappy," said Mother Tyler, anxiously, "that'll do; ye're goin' ter
git 'er so wide-erwake there'll be no doin' er thing with 'er. Come, now,
Thaney, let mammy put ye down here on yer quilt. Come, come, I _know_ ye've
forgot that ole bugger-man that stays up th' chimbly 'n' ketches bad gals!
There, now, that's mammy's nice gal. Git 'er playthings fer 'er, Susan
Jane. Jim, don't ye go ter sleep there in that door. Ha' ye washed yer
feet?"
"No, 'm," came drowsily from the doorway.
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