. A queer family . nd she 11 say, If hes yourbrother, hes my boy. I want her to thinkyou re a hundred times nicer than I am,cause you are. She would nt believe it whenshe was here. She was nt stuck on me, was she ?asked Bob. Be yer sorry yer iver seedme, Andy ? Why, no. Bob ; what made you say that ?I d be dead now, if it had nt been for could nt get along without you; dont you 10 146 A QUEER FAMILY. rknow that? Why, Bob, you dont know how-splendid you are! Andy, does yer think I m splendid, — doesyer, fer sure an truly ? A strange lightwas shining in Bobs eyes as he asked thequestion, a
. A queer family . nd she 11 say, If hes yourbrother, hes my boy. I want her to thinkyou re a hundred times nicer than I am,cause you are. She would nt believe it whenshe was here. She was nt stuck on me, was she ?asked Bob. Be yer sorry yer iver seedme, Andy ? Why, no. Bob ; what made you say that ?I d be dead now, if it had nt been for could nt get along without you; dont you 10 146 A QUEER FAMILY. rknow that? Why, Bob, you dont know how-splendid you are! Andy, does yer think I m splendid, — doesyer, fer sure an truly ? A strange lightwas shining in Bobs eyes as he asked thequestion, and he held Andys arm so closelythat the little fellow shrank: away, from him,half afraid. Thats jist what Mamie telledDave he was, but I did nt know as how any-body thunk that there way boat me. ButIll tell yer what tis, Andy, if yer thinksIm splendid, Ill be it, if it takes me twentyyears, — I will, by the horned toads in theGulf o Mexico ! And you wont smoke? asked Andy. Smoke ! not by a jugful of apple-sass!. Andy, does yer think I>m splendid ?. Page M6. A QUEER FAMILY. 147 CHAPTER TENTH. One day, Bob and Andy found themselvesin a part of the city where the houses werelarge and beautiful. Look, Bob! exclaimed Andy, look atthat window! Its just full of flowers. Purty, haint they ? answered Bob. Theyve got a whole room full of em back folks must have lots of room ter spare,ter be a-usin it fer sich foolishness. I wish I had just one flower for each ofthe girls, said Andy, who could hardly forcehimself to pass the pretty window-garden. I spect they d be tickled, answered Bob, gals IS most always tickled over that feller what is a-peekin at us frombehind the flowers. Lets give him a leetlejig, jist fer fun. 148 A QUEEE FAMILY. In another minute Bob was playing one ofhis liveliest tunes, and Andy, who was dressedto look like a circus clown, was keeping timeto the music with his feet, and twisting histhin little body into the niost uncomfortablepo
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