“And I’m going to show him, too,” shouted Joel, his fists flying open, and running over to seize the other boy’s hand, “and Davie’ll come, too—” And off the four boys went.
“And, Phronsie, you may go and help Polly to get something for the baby,” said Mrs. Pepper. “She can have your milk if you want to give it to her,” with a sigh, to think how little there was in the cup, that always had to be eked out with water, “and some bread crumbled in it.”
“Oh, I do, I do,” cried Phronsie, slipping down off the side of the bed to fly after Polly. “I do want to give it to my own baby.”
“And now, says I, we’ll have our dinner,” said Mother Pepper, going out into the kitchen with the baby.
THE
FAMOUS PEPPER BOOKS
By Margaret Sidney
IN ORDER OF PUBLICATION
Five Little Peppers and How they Grew. Cloth, 12mo, illustrated, $1.50, postpaid.