`` I can roast a turkey and make a pudding as well as anybody , I guess . The pies are all ready , and if we ca n't boil vegetables and so on , we do n't deserve any dinner , '' cried Tilly , burning to distinguish herself , and bound to enjoy to the utmost her brief authority . `` Yes , yes ! '' cried all the boys , `` let 's have a dinner anyway ; Ma wo n't care , and the good victuals will spoil if they ai n't eaten right up . '' `` Pa is coming to-night , so we wo n't have dinner till late ; that will be real genteel and give us plenty of time , '' added Tilly , suddenly realizing the novelty of the task she had undertaken . `` Did you ever roast a turkey ? '' asked Roxy , with an air of deep interest . `` Should you darst to try ? '' said Rhody , in an awe-stricken tone . `` You will see what I can do . Ma said I was to use my jedgment about things , and I 'm going to . All you children have got to do is to keep out of the way , and let Prue and me work . Eph , I wish you 'd put a fire in the best room , so the little ones can play in there . We shall want the settin ' - room for the table , and I wo n't have 'em pickin ' ` round when we get things fixed , '' commanded Tilly , bound to make her short reign a brilliant one . `` I do n't know about that . Ma did n't tell us to , '' began cautious Eph , who felt that this invasion of the sacred best parlor was a daring step . `` Do n't we always do it Sundays and Thanksgivings ? Would n't Ma wish the children kept safe and warm anyhow ? Can I get up a nice dinner with four rascals under my feet all the time ? Come , now , if you want roast turkey and onions , plum-puddin ' and mince-pie , you 'll have to do as I tell you , and be lively about it . ''
XXXXX spoke with such spirit , and her last suggestion was so irresistible , that Eph gave in , and , laughing good-naturedly , tramped away to heat up the best room , devoutly hoping that nothing serious would happen to punish such audacity .
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