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"Gracious!" exclaimed Mollie. "I hope this isn't another lost one. We seem to be getting the habit." "He appears able to look after himself," said Amy. The boy heard their voices and looked up quickly. GRACIOUS EXCLAIMED MOLLY I HOPE THIS ISN'T ANOTHER LOST ONE WE SEEM TO BE GETTING THE HABIT HE APPEARS TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AFTER HIMSELF SAID AMY THE BOY HEARD THEIR VOICES AND LOOKED UP QUICKLY
 a traveler who could direct them properly to her house, or who might even assume charge of the little one. For it was getting late and the girls did not feel like spending the night in some strange place. It was practically out of the question. They were going along, Betty holding one of the child's hands, the other small fist tightly clutching some sticky chocolates, when a turn of the road brought the outdoor girls in sight of a lad who was seated on a roadside rock, tying a couple of rags around his left foot, which was bleeding. Beside the boy, on the ground, was a pack such as country peddlers often carry. The lad seemed in pain, for as the girls approached, their footfalls deadened by the soft dust of the road, they heard him murmur: "Ouch! That sure does hurt! It's a bad cut, all right, and I don't see, Jimmie Martin, how you're going to do much walking! Why couldn't you look where you were going, and not step on that piece of glass?" He seemed to be finding fault with himself. ING FOR THE CHILD OR ELSE A TRAVELLER WHO COULD POINT THEM PROPERLY TO HER HOUSE OR WHO MIGHT EVEN ASSUME CHARGE OF THE LITTLE ONE FOR IT WAS GETTING LATE AND THE GIRLS DID NOT FEEL LIKE SPENDING THE NIGHT IN SOME STRANGE PLACE IT WAS PRACTICALLY OUT OF THE QUESTION THEY WERE GOING ALONG BETTY HOLDING ON TO ONE OF THE CHILD'S HANDS THE OTHER SMALL FIST TIGHTLY CLUTCHING SOME STICKY CHOCOLATES WHEN A TURN OF THE ROAD BROUGHT THE OUTDOOR GIRLS INSIDE OF A LAD WHO WAS SEATED ON A ROADSIDE ROCK TYING A COUPLE OF RAGS AROUND HIS LEFT FOOT WHICH WAS BLEEDING BESIDE THE BOY ON THE GROUND WAS A PACK SUCH AS COUNTRY PEDDLERS OFTEN CARRY THE LAD SEEMED IN PAIN FOR AS THE GIRLS APPROACHED THEIR FOOTFALLS DEADENED BY THE SOFT DUST ON THE ROAD THEY HEARD HIM MURMUR OUCH THAT SURE DOES HURT IT'S A BAD CUT ALL RIGHT AND I DON'T SEE JIMMIE MARTIN HOW YOU'RE GOING TO DO MUCH WALKING WHY COULDN'T YOU LOOK WHERE YOU WERE GOING AND NOT STEP ON THAT PIECE OF GLASS HE SEEMED TO BE FINDING FAULT WITH HIMSELF
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