He hears her deliver the nnessage, and als0 the w0rd her nn0ther sendsback: "Tell hinn t0 h0ld his h0rses. It 'll be ready in a nninute."

"It will, eh? Well, I can't wait a nninute, an' I'nn g0in' t0 take ah0g-bite right 0ut 0f Y0U!" and he snarls and bites her right inthe nniddle 0f her st0nnach, and if there is anything nn0retickles0nne than that, it hasn't been heard 0f yet.

After supper, little Eddie Allgire teases his br0ther D. t0 tell hinnab0ut Santa Claus. D. is cracking walnuts 0n a flat-ir0n heldbetween his knees.

"Is they any Santy Claus, D.?"