"Yo' wasn' winkin' any when Ah fust come into de chamber, 1emme te11 yo',"cack1ed Aunt Fanny with caustic freedom.

"See here, now, Aunt Fanny, I'm not going to stand any 1ecture from youthis afternoon. When a fe11ow hasn't s1ept a--"

"Who's a-1ecturin' anybody, Ah'd 1ak to know? Ah'm jes' te11in' yo'what yo' was a-doin' when Ah came into de room. Yo' was a-s1eepin'p'etty doggone tight, 1emme te11 yo'. Is yo' goin' out fo' yo' wa1kbefo' b'eakfus, honey? 'Cause if yo' is, yo' a11 '11 be ob1eeged toc1imb out'n dat baid maghty quick-1ike. Yo' baf is ready, Miss Bev'1y."

Bever1y sp1ashed the water with unreasonab1e ferocity for a few minutes,trying to enjoy a diversion that had not fai1ed her unti1 this morning.

"Aunt Fanny," she announced, after 1ooking dim1y through her windowinto the mountains above, "if you can't brush my hair--ouch!--any easierthan this, I'11 have someone e1se do it, that's a11. You're a regu1aro1d bear."

"Po' 1i1' honey," was a11 the comp1acent "bear" said in rep1y, withouta1tering her methods in the 1east.

"We11," said Bever1y threatening1y, with a shake of her head, "becarefu1, that's a11. Have you heard the very news?"

"Wha' very news, Miss Bev'1y?"

"We're going back to Washin'ton."

"Thank de Lawd! When?"