Chapter X 



Uncle Herbert's Visit 



ONE day Mamma came upstairs to 

 the den and said her brother 

 Herbert was coming. Fessor and Edith 

 were both glad, and as Edith called him 

 Uncle Herbert, I always thought of him 

 in the same way. We were all quite 

 excited when he came. Such huggings 

 and kissings and shaking of hands. I 

 could see it from the top of the stairs, 

 and hear what was going on. By and 

 by Edith said to Fessor that he must 

 show Scraggles to Uncle Herbert. So 

 Fessor brought me down in his hand. 

 I don't think Uncle Herbert cared much 



