`` My Aunt Jane was a real lady , even if she was only a Craig . She knew all those rules and she kept them when there was nobody round to see her , just the same as when any one was . And she was smart . If father had had half her git-up-and-git I would n't be a hired boy to-day . '' `` Have you any idea where your father is ? '' asked Dan . `` No , '' said Peter indifferently . `` The last we heard of him he was in the Maine lumber woods . But that was three years ago . I do n't know where he is now , and , '' added Peter deliberately , taking his gum from his mouth to make his statement more impressive , `` I do n't care . '' `` Oh , Peter , that sounds dreadful , '' said Cecily . `` Your own father ! '' `` Well , '' said Peter defiantly , `` if your own father had run away when you was a baby , and left your mother to earn her living by washing and working out , I guess you would n't care much about him either . '' `` Perhaps your father may come home some of these days with a huge fortune , '' suggested the Story Girl . `` Perhaps pigs may whistle , but they 've poor mouths for it , '' was all the answer Peter deigned to this charming suggestion . `` There goes Mr. Campbell down the road , '' said Dan . `` That 's his new mare . Is n't she a dandy ? She 's got a skin like black satin . He calls her Betty Sherman . ''
`` I do n't think it 's very nice XXXXX call a horse after your own grandmother , '' said Felicity .
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