“Maggie, what is called ‘Margaret’ by the grown-ups!” bragged Ikey.
“Well, as fur as I care, de camp kin shet down now and start us all back to dat city home. I never had a home, es I kin remember, in all my life!” said Skelly.
“Your turn next, Skelly,” called Uncle Ben at this moment, and the two city boys quickly went up and signed their names on the register.
“And you will be there Tuesday without fail?” asked Uncle Ben.
“Of course, we will, Mister Uncle Ben!” declared the newsboys.
And so they were. Not only were they eagerly welcomed to the first good home they had ever known, but the “Little Wonders” found at Happy Hills were welcomed to their “Blue Birds’ City Nest” where many interesting and wonderful things came to pass that year, all about which will be told to you in the next book, entitled “Blue Birds’ City Nest.”
TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES:
Obvious typographical errors have been corrected.
Inconsistencies in hyphenation have been standardized.