"Jack
bueno, mebbyso Gene bueno, mebbyso Clark, mebbyso Donny all time
bueno." Doubt was in her voice when she praised those last two,
however, because of their continual teasing. She stopped short
to emphasize the damning contrast. "Good Injun all same mebbyso
yo' boy Grant, hee-ee-eap kay bueno. Good Injun Grant all time
DEBBIL!"
It was at this point that Donny slipped away to report that
"Mamma and old Hagar are scrappin' over Good Injun again," and
told with glee the tale of his misdeeds as recounted by the
squaw.
Phoebe in her earnestness forgot to keep within the limitations
of their dialect.
"Grant's a good boy, and a smart boy. There isn't a
better-hearted fellow in the country, if I have got five boys of
my own. You think I like him better than I like Wally, is all
ails you, Hagar. You're jealous of Grant, and you always have
been, ever since his father left him with me. I hope my heart's
big enough to hold them all." She remembered then that they
could not understand half she was saying, and appealed to Viney.
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