"Zen my moder sell ze ring fon her fing-er, and some ze money ce get,
and some ze money my granfader give her. Zen ce make me mit ze brush. I
sit up in ze chair, and ce look at me, and ce make me all roun mit ze
flowers. Ce make my curls go roun her fing-er, and zen ce make zem mit
ze brush in ze pic-sure, and ce make me mit vings; and ce make in my
hand vot ze boys shoot mit,--not ze gun vot make ze big noise and vot
kill, but ze bow mit ze tring, I not know vot you call it."

"The bow and arrow, Jakey."

"Yes, dot bees it, ze bow and ze arrow; and von time Jeem have shoot
Fred mit it in hees back, and he cry, and he come and he tell my moder
dot Jeem have kill him.

"Ven I bees done, ven my moder have make me, von lady ce come dare and
ce tell my moder, Vot ce make? and my moder tell her dot ce make me mit
ze brush, and ce vill sell me, and ce vill get ze money, and ce vill
come in ze America. Zen von oder day ze lady come dare, and ce give my
moder much ze money, and ce take ze pic-sure avay mit her; and ven ce
have go mit it, my moder ce cry and ce cry.

"Von day my granfader come dare mit ze carriage, and Jeem he go in ze
carriage, and Fred he go in, and my moder ce come in mit ze baby. My
granfader bring me, and he come in, and ze carriage come vay down to
ze--I not know vot you call it, but it bees von big house on ze vater."

"A ship, Jakey."

"Yes, ze ship, mit ze trees vay high, and on ze trees, Fred say, long