Well, after I had reasoned with him severe that-a-way a while, he says, says he, thess ez sweet an' mild, says he, "Daddy, nex' time Y'all gits christened, I'll come down an' be elms-tened right-like a good boy."
"Sonny, A Christmas Guest"
Ruth McEnery Stuart
Y'all may need every one of 'em."
"Marion's Faith."
Charles King