"
"You Jimmee!" his mother called again.
Jimmy made no move to leave the swing.
"I don' never have to go 'less she says `James Lafayette Garner,'
then I got to hustle," he remarked.
"Jimmy Garner!"
"She's mighty near got me," he said softly; "but maybe she'll
get tired and won't call no more. She ain't plumb mad yet.
"James Garner!"
"It's coming now," said Jimmy dolefully.
The two little boys sat very still and quiet.
"James Lafayette Garner!"
The younger child sprang to his feet.
"I got to get a move on now," he said; "when she calls like that
she means business. I betcher she's got a switch and a
hair-brush and a slipper in her hand right this minute. I'll be
back toreckly," he promised.
He was as good as his word, and in a very short time he was
sitting again facing Billy in the swing.
"She just wanted to know where her embroid'ry scissors was," he
explained. "It don't matter what's lost in that house I'm
always the one that's got to be 'sponsible and all time got to
go look for it.
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