68 The Story of Scr aggies 



With a quick " cheep " I made a desper- 

 ate spring, and almost as soon as I was 

 in I was out again. How Edith and 

 Uncle Herbert laughed! Then he said 

 I was a cute little bird. 



Well, that night Uncle Herbert and 

 Fessor and Edith and Mamma all went 

 into the room where the piano was, and 

 what a time they had ! They sang all 

 together while Fessor played, and then 

 Uncle Herbert sat down and sang some 

 funny songs about darkies and coons 

 and " The Year of Jubilo." It was too 

 funny for anything. I didn't know 

 how to laugh as Mamma did, but it 

 did me lots of good to see her. She 

 laughed and laughed until she cried. 

 And I danced and danced to see her so 

 happy, that I grew quite excited and 

 didn't want to go to bed at all that 



