L. Frank Baum

“ Ma says that'll suit her, all right. Am I talkin' more decent than I used to, Mary Louise?"
"You're improving every day, Ingua."
"I'm tryin' to be like you, you know. Ma says I've been a little Arab, but she means to make a lady of me. I hope she will. ”

“ Will it, Mary Louise? I ain't sure. And while we're gone they're goin' to tear down the old shack an' build a fine new house in its place, an' fix up the grounds so's they're just as good as the Kenton Place. ”