"I've got it! This is the very thing: let's put it in the Star. Where's a pencil and paper? Fergus MacGregor's Favourite Passage from 'Tom Sawyer.' Everybody in town knows that Fergus likes 'Tom Sawyer.'"
"Humph!" said Fergus, but it was evident that he was not a little pleased. Do what he would, he could not help liking Nort.
"I know something that represents Fergus still better," said Anthy.
Fergus looked across at her, and then began thumbing his pipe.
"What's that?" asked Nort.
"'The Twa Dogs.' Isn't that your favourite poem, Fergus?"
"Whur'll you find a better one?" asked Fergus, putting his pipe back in his mouth.
"That's Number Two," said the irrepressible Nort. "We'll put that in some other issue headed 'Fergus MacGregor's Favourite Poem.'"