“Do you feel sick to-day, Mrs. Polly?” asked Posy.
Mrs. Polly gave a loud sneeze for answer.
“I guess you’ve got cold, ma’am,” said Posy.
Just then Michael drove down the yard on his way to the depot to meet Mr. Winton; and when the carriage was opposite the dining-room window, Major called out to Mrs. Polly,—
“I’ve got something very important to tell you. Send the barn-cat or the sparrow to my stall when I get back. You’d better send the sparrow, he can get so near me I don’t have to holla.”
“What a loud neigh Major did give, Tom!” said Posy. “I guess, by the way he looked at the dining-room window, he wanted a lump of sugar.”
“‘What a loud neigh Major did give, Tom!’ said Posy.”—Page [126.]
CHAPTER X.
Serene as Mrs. Polly’s temperament was, and although she gave the sparrow such good advice, she found it very hard to keep patient herself until the sparrow appeared.