"Stop, immediately!" commanded their aunt. "Children, I am ashamed of you."
"Well, that bad boy is tormenting the poor dog."
"Put the puppy down, Bo."
"Here, Aunty, you stoop down with it, Jess will jump in my face if I go near her nest. I only wanted to love the little thing, and Jess would not have made such a fuss if Amy didn't put her up to it."
"I have a good mind to deprive you both of your ride this afternoon as a punishment for your silly conduct. Go upstairs and let me hear no more quarreling."
After Aunt Lucy and Amy had gone, Bo went into the kitchen to get Hetty's sympathy, she was always willing to listen to her boy, although she was provoked sometimes by his mischievous tricks.
"Hetty, dear, don't you think Amy is an antiquated monkey?"
"Oh, honey, don't call sister names."
"Yes, I will; 'Monkey' is too good for her, I wish I knew of the horriblest animal ever was, I'd call Amy after it."