LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

The Maid’s General Care of the Boys Frontispiece.
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Mrs. Burton Brushed a Tiny Crumb from Her Robe Facing 4
“It’s Only Jus’ About So Long”   9
“We’s Makin’ Pickles for You”   17
“I Got Into a Hen’s Nesht Where There Was Some Eggs”   23
“Isn’t It Lovaly?” Facing 30
“Ragged, Dirty Men Talk to My Papa Sometimes”   37
“Yes, an’ We Put a Little Stone at the Head of the Grave”   43
“Don’t Either of You Move Out of a Chair?”   47
“—But I Didn’t Know Ashes Made ’Em”   53
“Splashin’ In the Bathtub”   59
“Jump!” Shouted Mr. Burton Facing 66
“Cats,” Uttered Mr. Burton   75
Both Started In Chase of It   79
“Tell Me What You Think About It” Facing 92
“We Got Three or Four Nice Bunches”   99
“So I Putted Crosses on the Door”   101
“Then You Can Only Have One Bite,” Said Budge   107
“Where Did the Cards Come From?”   113
He Kicked, Pushed, Screamed and Roared   119
The Jardiniére Came Down With a Crash   125
“Threw a Mean Old Dirty Carpet On Top of It” Facing 130
Toddie Playing Bear   137
Budge Taking Up the Collection Facing 146
Terry   155
The General Fell Into the Water Facing 160
“Dreamin’ I was In a Candy-Store”   167
“Wonder How Big Moons Got to be Little Again”   173
“A Cow Readin’ An Atlas”   175
“How Do They Get Things to Eat for the Angels?”   181
The Squeak of the Violin and the Wail of a Badly Played Wind Instrument   187
Uncle Harry’s Frantic Examination of His Beloved Violin   193
Both Boys Tumbled Into the Room   199
Toddie Drank About Two Swallows of Water Facing 204
Suddenly Heard a Splash and a Howl   211
Budge Enlivened the Dust of the Roadway   215
Further Progress Was Arrested Facing 222
“Well,” Said Budge “’Cause You’re Different”   227
Pretending to be Horses Facing 232
Budge Lost His Balance   239
Two Inquiring Faces Hanging Over the Bread-Pan   243
A Loud Report Startled the Party Facing 246
“Too Much Tea Isn’t Good for People, Is It?”   253
“When We Cooked ’Em, What Do You Think?” Facing 256
Budge and Toddie Playing Doctor   265
Down the Stairs, Dashed Terry   271
“Why Aunt Alice! How Did You Upset That Table?”   275
A Red Pepper Experience Facing 288
Candy Making   295
The Dandelion   301
“We’re Goin’ Home”   303
“Some Nashty Medshin”   313
“Izhe a Shotted Soldier” Facing 322
Both Boys Sleeping Soundly   333
The Obedient Member of the Family Facing 340
Making Them What I Would Like Them To Be   351
A Little Visitor at the Burtons’s   357