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"I'm doing pretty well, too," he went on. "I've got a good trade, and I'm thinking of adding to it. I'll take little Nellie back home for you," he offered. "I'm going that way. Sometimes, when I'm late, as I am to day, her mother keeps me over night." I'M DOING PRETTY WELL TOO HE WENT ON I'VE GOT A GOOD TRADE AND I'M THINKING OF ADDING TO IT I'LL TAKE LITTLE NELLIE BACK HOME FOR YOU HE OFFERED I'M GOING THAT WAY SOMETIMES WHEN I'M LATE AS I AM TO DAY HER MOTHER KEEPS ME OVERNIGHT
 about a mile down that way," and he pointed in the direction from which the girls had come. "I live dere sometimes," spoke the child, "and sometimes down dere," and she indicated two directions. "I dot two muvvers." "What in the world does she mean?" asked Mollie, hopelessly. "That's what she always says," spoke the boy. "She calls one of her aunts her mamma--it's her mother's sister, you see. She lives about a mile from Nellie's house, and Nellie spends about as much time at one place as she does at the other. She always says she has two mothers." "I _has_" announced the child, calmly, accepting another chocolate from Grace. "And you know Nellie?" asked Betty, pointedly. "Yes," said the boy. "You see, I work through this part of the country. I peddle writing paper, pens, pins, needles and notions," he added, motioning to his pack. "I often stop at Nellie's house, and at her aunt's, too. They're my regular customers," he added, proudly, and with a proper regard for his humble calling. THE ROCK SHE'S NELLIE BURTON SHE LIVES ABOUT A MILE DOWN THAT WAY AND HE POINTED IN THE DIRECTION FROM WHICH THE GIRLS HAD COME I LIVED THERE SOMETIMES SPOKE THE CHILD AND SOMETIMES DOWN THERE AND SHE INDICATED TWO DIRECTIONS I GOT TWO MOTHERS I GOT TWO MOTHERS WHAT IN THE WORLD DOES SHE MEAN ASKED MOLLY HELPLESSLY THAT'S WHAT SHE ALWAYS SAYS SPOKE THE BOY SHE CALLS ONE OF HER AUNTS HER MAMMA IT'S HER MOTHER'S SISTER YOU SEE SHE LIVES ABOUT A MILE DOWN FROM NELLIE'S HOUSE AND NELLIE SPENDS ABOUT AS MUCH TIME AT ONE PLACE AS SHE DOES THE OTHERS SHE'S ALWAYS SAYS THAT SHE HAS TWO MOTHERS I HAS ANNOUNCED THE CHILD CALMLY ACCEPTING ANOTHER CHOCOLATE FROM GRACE AND YOU KNOW NELLIE ASKED BETTY POINTEDLY YES SAID THE BOY YOU SEE I WORK THROUGH THIS PART OF THE COUNTRY I PEDDLE WRITING PAPERS PENS PINS NEEDLES AND NOTIONS HE ADDED MOTIONING TO HIS PACK I OFTEN STOP AT NELLIE'S HOUSE AND AT OUR AUNT'S TOO THEY ARE MY REGULAR CUSTOMERS HE ADDED PROUDLY WITH A PROPER REGARD FOR HIS HUMBLE CALLING
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