Miss Minerva and William Green Hill . ed up in this thing for^ You done it yoself, defended the boyin front with rising passion. Squeeze in,Jimmy; we jes boun to git outer this foresomebody finds it out. He backed the other child close to thewall and pressed so hard against him thatJimmy screamed aloud and began to poundhim on the head with his chubby fists. Billy would not submit tamely to any?uch treatment. He reached his hand behindhim and gave the smaller boys cheek a merci-less pinch. The fight was on. The two littleboys, laced up tightly as they were in a stoutpair of stays, pinched and
Miss Minerva and William Green Hill . ed up in this thing for^ You done it yoself, defended the boyin front with rising passion. Squeeze in,Jimmy; we jes boun to git outer this foresomebody finds it out. He backed the other child close to thewall and pressed so hard against him thatJimmy screamed aloud and began to poundhim on the head with his chubby fists. Billy would not submit tamely to any?uch treatment. He reached his hand behindhim and gave the smaller boys cheek a merci-less pinch. The fight was on. The two littleboys, laced up tightly as they were in a stoutpair of stays, pinched and scratched, andkicked and jerked. Suddenly Billy, leaningheavily against Jimmy, threw him flat onhis back and fell on top of him. Bennie Dick, sitting on the floor, had up William Green Hill 189 to this time watched the proceedings withan interested eye; now, thinking murder wasbeing committed, he opened his big, redmouth and emitted a howl that could beheard half a mile. It immediately broughthis mother to the open door. When she saw. ^.r»A(..n the children squirming on the floor in heronly corset, her indignation knew no , Jimmy Garner, an you, too, Wil-liam Hill, yuh little imps o Satan, what youdoin in my house? Didnt yo mammy tellyou not to tamper wid me no mo *? Git up 190 Miss Minerva and an come here an* lemme git my coset offo yuh. Angry as she was she could not keep fromlaughing at the sight they presented, as, withno gentle hand, she unclasped the hooks andreleased their imprisoned bodies. Billy all time— began Jimmy. Billy all time nothin, said Sarah aint no use fo to try to lay dis-herecoset business onto Billy; both o yuh isekally in it. An me a-aimin fo to go tothree f unels dis week an a baptizin on Sun-day. Spose y all d bruck one o de splints,howd I look a-presidin at a funel thoutnare coset on, an me shape like what I is? Whos dead, Sarah Jane? asked Jim-my, interestedly, hoping to stem the torrentof her wrath. Sis Mary Ellens las husban, B
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