-- a jink a jink a jawbo. cissy caffrey cuddled the wee chap for she was awfully fond of children, so patient with little sufferers and tommy caffrey could never be got to take his castor oil unless it was cissy caffrey that held his nose and promised him the scatty heel of the loaf of brown bread with golden syrup on. what a persuasive power that girl had! but to be sure baby was as good as gold, a perfect little dote in his new fancy bib. none of your spoilt beauties, flora macflimsy sort, was cissy caffrey. a truerhearted lass never drew the breath of life, always with a laugh in her gipsylike eyes and a frolicsome word on her cherryripe red lips, a girl lovable in the extreme. and edy boardman laughed too at the quaint language of little brother.
but just then there was a slight cation between master tommy and master jacky. boys will be boys and our two twins were no exception to this golden rule. the apple of discord was a certain castle of sand which master jacky had built and master tommy would have it right go wrong that it was to be architecturally improved by a frontdoor like the martello tower had. but if master tommy was headstrong master jacky was selfwilled too and, true to the maxim that every little irishman's house is his castle, he fell upon his hated rival and to such purpose that the would be assailant came to grief and (alas to relate!) the coveted castle too. needless to say the cries of discomfited master tommy drew the attention of the girl friends.
-- come here, tommy, his sister called imperatively, at once! and you, jacky, for shame to throw poor tommy in the dirty sand. wait till i catch you for that.