"They shan't have it," cried Oleah, stamping his little, bare foot on the carpet.
"No," added Abner; "it's ours now. They left it there to starve and freeze, and now we will keep it."
"You think, then, that the real owner has lost his title by his neglect?" said the father, with a smile.
"Yes, that's it," the boy answered.
"It's a very good common law idea, my son."
Dinah now came in with warm milk for the baby, and Mrs. Tompkins told her to take the two boys to their room and dress them; but they wanted to wait first and see the baby eat.
"Oh, don't it eat; don't it eat!" cried the boys.
"The poor little thing is almost starved," said the mother.
"Missus, how d'ye reckin it came on the porch?" Dinah asked.