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Put your head up agin me like that, and then you'll feel bullier. It ain't easy to talk when your lips is like leather, but I guess I'd best let you know how the cards lie. What's that you've got?" "Pretty things! fine things!" cried the little girl enthusiastically, holding up two glittering fragments of mica. PUT YOUR HEAD UP AGIN ME LIKE THAT AND THEN YOU'LL FEEL BLEAR IT AIN'T EASY TO TALK WHEN YOUR LIPS IS LIGHT LEATHER BUT I GUESS I'D BEST LET YOU KNOW HOW THE CARDS LIE WHAT'S THAT YOU'VE GOT PRETTY THINGS FINE THINGS CRIED THE LITTLE GIRL ENTHUSIASTICALLY HOLDING UP TWO GLITTERING FRAGMENTS OF MICA
 for to do it.” As he spoke he unwrapped the grey shawl and extricated a pretty little girl of about five years of age, whose dainty shoes and smart pink frock with its little linen apron all bespoke a mother’s care. The child was pale and wan, but her healthy arms and legs showed that she had suffered less than her companion. “How is it now?” he answered anxiously, for she was still rubbing the towsy golden curls which covered the back of her head. “Kiss it and make it well,” she said, with perfect gravity, showing the injured part up to him. “That’s what mother used to do. Where’s mother?” “Mother’s gone. I guess you’ll see her before long.” “Gone, eh!” said the little girl. “Funny, she didn’t say good-bye; she ‘most always did if she was just goin’ over to Auntie’s for tea, and now she’s been away three days. Say, it’s awful dry, ain’t it? Ain’t there no water, nor nothing to eat?” “No, there ain’t nothing, dearie. You’ll just need to be patient awhile, and then you’ll be all right. VE I THOUGH THE MAN ANSWERED PENITENTLY I DIDN'T GO FOR TO DO IT AS HE SPOKE HE UNWRAPPED THE GRAY SHAWL AND EXTRICATED A PRETTY LITTLE GIRL OF ABOUT FIVE YEARS OF AGE WHOSE DAINTY SHOES AND SMART PINK FROCK WITH ITS LITTLE LINEN APRON ALL BESPOKE A MOTHER'S CARE THE CHILD WAS PALE AND WAN BUT HER HEALTHY ARMS AND LEGS SHOWED THAT SHE HAD SUFFERED LESS THAN HER COMPANION HOW IS IT NOW HE ASKED ANXIOUSLY FOR SHE WAS STILL RUBBING THE TOWSY GOLDEN CURLS WHICH COVERED THE BACK OF HER HEAD KISS IT AND MAKE IT WELL SHE SAID WITH PERFECT GRAVITY SHOVING THE INJURED PART UP TO HIM THAT'S WHAT MOTHER USED TO DO WHERE'S MOTHER MOTHER'S GONE I GUESS YOU'LL SEE HER BEFORE LONG GONE EH SAID THE LITTLE GIRL FUNNY SHE DIDN'T SAY GOOD BYE SHE MOST ALWAYS DID IF SHE WAS JUST GOING OVER TO AUNTY'S FOR TEA AND NOW SHE'S BEEN AWAY THREE DAYS SAY IT'S AWFUL DRY AIN'T IT AIN'T THERE NO WATER NOR NOTHING TO EAT NO THERE AIN'T NOTHING DEARIE YOU'LL JUST NEED TO BE PATIENT A WHILE AND THEN YOU'LL BE ALL RIGHT
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