"We don't know that game," Tom explained.
"We don't know thad game," Billy echoed.
"Game!" Abner roared. "De ye think sayin' ye'r prayers is a game?"
"Don't know; never played it."
"Never played it," responded Billy.
"Didn't ye'r mother never learn yez ye'r prayers?"
"No. Guess she didn't know the game."
"Geth she didn't know the game."
Abner sighed and looked helplessly around.
"Well, I never!" he ejaculated. "An' this is a Christian land! S'pose I'll have to leave that to Jess. It'll be a part of her Social Service work. So git into bed with yez, an' don't let me hear a whimper out of yez till mornin'."