tootsie

"I don't want her to play with us," said Tootsie, and he half turned his back.

"Perhaps you know, too, who stole my phonograph," said Tootsie angrily.

Tootsie searched her sister's bedroom and then called Skippy into consultation.

Tootsie, staring at the phonograph, began seriously to consider.

Tootsie stood stock still and listened with a pumping heart.

"Now Tootsie," said Mr. Bedelle, elevating a cautionary finger.

"I should have offered a dollar and no more," said Tootsie to herself.

"All right, I guess I can wait if you can," said Tootsie, settling down.

"You'll get the licking of your life," said Tootsie, looking at him steadily.

Indians vamoose with Tootsie Wootsie, mount their horses, and vanish into the dawn.