Mamsie

"Mamsie," she whispered, holding to Mrs. Pepper's neck convulsively, "God did stop the dreadful fire, didn't He?"

The Adventures of Joel Pepper Margaret Sidney 1884

"Mamsie," said Polly, when at last they stopped to take breath,

The Adventures of Joel Pepper Margaret Sidney 1884

"Mamsie," cried Polly, poking her head out from the upper berth of the stuffy little state-room assigned to Mrs. Fisher, Mrs. Henderson,

Five Little Peppers Abroad Margaret Sidney 1884

"Mamsie," said Polly, suddenly, and hopping to her feet, "won't you teach me to knit, and then I can help you."

The Adventures of Joel Pepper Margaret Sidney 1884

"Mamsie," whom he had seen on her visits to the school, were there at that identical moment.

Five Little Peppers at School Margaret Sidney 1884

"Mamsie," exclaimed Polly, springing off the bed, and throwing her arms around her mother's neck, "I shall love that chain, and I shall wear it just all the time because you and Papa-Doctor gave it to me."

Five Little Peppers Abroad Margaret Sidney 1884

"Mamsie," asked Polly, suddenly, after she had leaned across her mother and beamed at the little doctor, which so delighted him that his big spectacles nearly fell off in his plate, "how _did_ you know where the fire-escape was?"

Five Little Peppers Abroad Margaret Sidney 1884

"Mamsie --" Polly gave one radiant look at Mother Fisher's face.

Five Little Peppers Abroad Margaret Sidney 1884

"Mamsie," said Polly, "I don't think Grandpapa has kept from doing anything he could to make us happy, do you, Mamsie? not a single thing."

Five Little Peppers Abroad Margaret Sidney 1884

"Mamsie," said Polly, hearing this, "s'posin 'we didn't have the little brown house; just s'posin', Mammy," and her cheek turned quite white.

The Adventures of Joel Pepper Margaret Sidney 1884