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"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. 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
e me home, Dimmie." "Of course I will, Nellie. That is, if I can walk." "Did oo hurt oo's foot?" "Yes, Nellie. I stepped on a piece of glass, and it went right through my shoe. But it's stopped bleeding now." "Do you know this little girl?" asked Betty. "We found her down the road, but she can't seem to tell us where she lives. First she points in one direction and then the other, and--" "And we can't understand about her two mothers," broke in Mollie. "Do, please, if you can, straighten it out. Do you know her?" "Yes, ma'am," answered the boy peddler, and his voice was pleasant. He took off a rather ragged cap politely, and stood up on one foot, resting the cut one on the rock. "She's Nellie Burton, and she lives 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. DEY'S FOUND ME BUT DEY DON'T KNOW WHERE MY TWO MOTHERS IS OO TAKE ME HOME DIMMY OF COURSE I WILL NELLIE THAT IS IF I CAN WALK DID OO HURT OO'S FOOT YES NELLIE I STEPPED ON A PIECE OF GLASS AND IT WENT RIGHT THROUGH MY SHOE BUT IT STOPPED BLEEDING NOW DO YOU KNOW THIS LITTLE GIRL ASKED BETTY WE FOUND HER ON THE ROAD BUT SHE CAN'T SEEM TO TELL US WHERE SHE LIVES FIRST SHE POINTS IN ONE DIRECTION AND THEN IN THE OTHER AND AND WE CAN'T UNDERSTAND ABOUT HER TWO MOTHERS BROKE IN MOLLY DO PLEASE IF YOU CAN STRAIGHTEN IT OUT DO YOU KNOW HER YES MA' ANSWERED THE BOY PEDDLER HIS VOICE WAS PLEASANT HE TOOK OFF A RATHER RAGGED CAP POLITELY AND STOOD UP ON ONE FOOT RESTING THE CUT ONE ON 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
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