Am I right,
Sam? you know I am a Cockney."
"You could not be more right if you were a Hampshire beg," said Sam.
"Jack Higgins was her husband's name, and a famous fellow he was; he
once rigged a little boat for me."
"And he sailed with Papa once, long ago," added Susan; to which Sam
rejoined,
"More fool he to go into the merchant service and get drowned, with
nothing for his widow to live upon."
"I say," cried Hal, "why shouldn't we give her a pig?"
"Oh, do!" earnestly exclaimed David.
"I'll catch one," broke from John and Annie at once; "such lots as
there are in the yard!"
"You would catch it, I believe," said Sam disdainfully; while Susan
explained,
"No; those are Papa's pigs. Purday would not let you give them
away."
"Of course," said Henry, "that was only those little geese. I meant
to make a subscription among ourselves, and give her the pig; and
won't she be surprised!"
"Oh! yes, yes," shouted the children; "let's do it all ourselves!"
"I've got one-and-threepence, and sixpence next Saturday," cried Hal.
"And I've eightpence," quoth Annie.
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