"_Ja_! I could easy enough give your poppa as good like he sent, yes?
_Sprechen sie English, nicht wahr_ ?" Again her bulk trembled with honest mirth, and while this endured she went to the ice box and brought a bone for Frank, the dog.

Frank fell upon it with noisy gurgles.
Dave Cowan affected further confusion at each repetition of Minna's stinging retort; acted it so convincingly that the victor at length relented and brought a plate of cookies to the table.
"I show you who is it should be foolish in the head!" she told him triumphantly.
"You got me, Minna--I admit it." The victim pretended to be downcast, and ate his bread and cheese dejectedly.

Minna went to another table to tell over the choice bit.
The Wilbur twin ate bread and cheese and looked with interest about the room.

The tables and woodwork were dark, the walls and ceiling also low in tone.

But there were some fine decorative notes that stood brightly out.