"Yes, sir; a bran new baby, just as sweet as it can be, too."
The puzzled mountaineer, with a suspicious look at Mr. Tompkins, said: "Thought ye said the folks was all well?"
"They are," answered Mr. Tompkins, with an amused smile.
"Dinah found the baby in a clothes-basket," put in Abner.
"Oh, it's a nigger baby, is it?" asked Uncle Dan.
"No, no, no; it's a white baby—a white baby," both boys quickly replied.
"What do the children mean?" asked Uncle Dan, bewildered, looking from the boys to their father.
"They mean just what they say," said Mr. Tompkins. "A baby was left at our door a short time ago in the clothes-basket by some unknown person."
"Don't you want to see it, Uncle Dan?" Master Oleah eagerly asked.