Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-12-07

OF yournY Here it u.s. says I, and then she
took 1t and looked at it up and down, with her
| head cooked on one side. III I'd somethin' to
cut that bag with. says she, L could fix myself
up so that nobody'd know me, don't care who
1t was Il don't want that bag cut says L; its
an extra good bag; it was made for a particu-
lar purpose and cost money Pop will
pay expenses says she; how much did it
cost? 1t was "a cash. said l. They
cheated you like everything says she;
you could get bag like that any day for a
dollar and seyenty-five cents. VIII you let it
go at thatF All right says L, for 1 was
tlckIed to see how sharp that little gal
was, and ten to one I'd throwed away the bag
before we got to town. So she pulls little
book out OF her pocket with pencil stuck in it,
and turnin over to II blank page she put down
bag. one dollar and seventy-tve; then she boz
rows my big knife, and holdin' the top OF the
bag up agIn her belt she made me stick pin
IN 1t about hands breadth from the floor;
then she took the knife and cut the bag clean
across, me a-holdin' one side of it; then she
took the top end of that bag and slipped it on
her, over her head and shoulders. and tied the
DRAWN strings III it round her waist, and it
hung around her Just like skirt nearly touchin
the ground; then she split open the rest of the
bag and made a kind OF shawl out of it, putin
it into shape with lot O. pins and pinnin' it ON
herself real clever. She had lots of pins in her
belt. and she told me that she never passed a
pin in that school without pickin' it up. and
that she had four hundred and fifty-nIne of
them now IN her room which she was mighty
sorry 10 leave behind. and that these she had
now was this days pickin' up.
when she got done workin' at herself you
couldn't see not a ribbon nor hem of her fine
clothes; 1t was all black skirt and shawl, and
she d put up her sleeve, so that when her arm
stuck out it was bare. Then she took all the
ribbons and flowers off her hat and crumpled
1t up, and when she tied it on, what a guy she
was. Now, says she, L can go barefoot
Which you won't says |, for you'll get your
feet ell cut. but you can muddy your Shoes
which she did. | pumpin on 'em, SO that the
dust IN the back yard would stick. Then We
starts off across the country, and, upon my
word, was prettiiy mig ashamed to be seen
wdlhln with such little scarecrow. When l
bought the tickets at the station she asked me
how much they was and put it down IN her
book. When we got into the cars the people
ali looked hard at her and l reckon they
thought some kind of home had been
burnt down. and this was one of the orphans
that had been saved. But they didn't say
nothln' and she fixed herself as comfortable as
you please, and before long boy come through
the car with fruit i'll a basket and then says she
to me. i want two apples The boy had gone
past us, but got up and followed MIN and
bought her two apples. How much did you
give for them? says she when l come back.
They was two for 5 cents says l. Well,
says she, they do stick you dreadful. Two for
three cents is all papa or pays for apples like
them, and she took out her little book and put
down: Apples, cents Very well, miss says
l, but if you want any more refreshments you
buy EN- yourself. L think I'd better says
she, and she went to work eatin' them two
apples. She hadn't more than got through with
EN- when the boy came around aGin. 1 want
a banana says she: lend me cents which l
did, and she put down, cash, cents.
Then the boz come up and says she,
how much are your bananas?' Five
ce' ts,' said he. For two?' says she.
No. says he, for one What do you take me
for! says she. I've bought bananas before.
I'll give you cents for that one pointin' to